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Men with Wagon and Beer

Date: 1915
Description: A group of unidentified men standing with a horse and wagon. The wagon is carrying a barrel of beer. The sign on the building in the background is an adver...
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Flowering Bush amidst Farmland

Date: 1960
Description: Flowering bush on Rocky Dell Road.
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Long View Across Valley

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: Elevated view from Highway P on a hill looking down across valley pastureland, between Black Earth and Marxville.
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A Boy with his Tricycle

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle.
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Small Girl Near Railroad Tracks

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified small girl holding a parasol, posed beside railroad tracks.
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Upland Fields

Date: 1960
Description: Upland fields showing a fence, trees and hillside.
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Cross Plains Home with Barber Shop in Basement

Date: 1920
Description: Front three-quarter view of large frame residence with porch and balcony. Steps with a barber pole at the top of the railing lead to a store window at foun...
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Rocky Glen Road View

Date: 1960
Description: View of landscape at the top of Rocky Glen Road, looking over flooded fields at sunrise.
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Thompson Tent Show

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. Two tents, a tall wagon, an automobile and a truck are set up in a field or park with houses and trees in ...
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Portrait of Three Women and a Girl

Date: 1918
Description: Studio portrait of three women and a girl in front of a painted backdrop. Two of the older women are seated, and the girl, wearing a large hair bow, is sta...
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Portrait of a Nun

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun, Josefine Zander. She is wearing a habit and veil with a crucifix around her neck. Her ...
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from grassy hill of uptown Cross Plains. The Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) is on the right, and farmhouses and other buildings are among fields...
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1928
Description: View down valley towards the back of the Lutheran Church and cemetery. Houses and barns are in the valley below, and more hills are in the far background. ...
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Cross Plains American Legion Basketball Team

Date: 1926
Description: Studio portrait of the Cross Plains American Legion basketball team, coaches and assistants in front of a painted backdrop. The players wear uniforms, the ...
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St. Francis Xavier Church During Jubilee

Date: 1928
Description: Interior elevated view of St. Francis Xavier Church looking towards the altar. Note the American and religious flags and bunting decorating the pillars and...
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Students and Teachers Pose at Catholic School

Date: 1926
Description: Large group of students and teachers posed on a slope in front of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School for a group portrait. Many of the children and adults ...
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Interior of Bowar Bros. Garage

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the Bowar Bros. Garage. On two walls are banks of drawers and cubby holes for tools and parts. On the right are more shelves for tools. Am...
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Family Wedding Portrait with Framed Wreath

Date: 1917
Description: Studio family wedding portrait in front of a painted background with a framed wreath in the center. The wreath is celebrating the wedding of the bride and ...
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Outdoor Science at Black Earth Creek

Date: 07 18 1955
Description: Five teen boys stand ankle deep in Black Earth Creek (west of Cross Plains) while working together to build a conversion dam in the creek bed. The boys are...
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Outdoor Science at Black Earth Creek

Date: 07 18 1955
Description: Three teen boys work together to build up the side of the creek to stop the flowing water from washing the soil away on an edge of Black Earth Creek west o...

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