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Sons of the American Legion

Date: 1935
Description: Sons of the American Legion in formation outside the Witt Studio. Two of them hold flags. Names are (left to right), Don Frank, Jerry Zander, Ralph Meyer, ...
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Cross Plains Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ...
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on a new Toledo scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
Postcard

Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of multiple buildings in Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill. Many roads and fences cross the fields. Wooded hills are in the background. ...
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Main Street view in the winter with snow on the ground.
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
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Zander's Store

Date: 1910
Description: View from street of front entry way into Zander's store.
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Haney House

Date: 1925
Description: Berry Haney house, located about a mile east of Cross Plains. The stone portion of the house was built in 1840.
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Roller Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Roller Mill with a covered loading dock. A sign on the end of the building at the roof line reads: "Roller Mill." Trees and power pole...
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St. Frances School

Date: 1910
Description: View of the exterior of a Roman Catholic school built of stone with many windows. Sidewalks run along two sides. Trees can be seen behind and on the right....
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St. Francis Xavier Church in Cross Plains

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of St. Francis Xavier Church.
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Looking North from Millpond

Date: 1915
Description: View of several Cross Plains buildings across a millpond. There is a bell mounted on a metal tower near the shoreline. Caption reads: "Looking North From M...
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St. Francis Xavier School Graduating Class

Date: 05 29 1953
Description: St. Francis Xavier Catholic School graduating class, with priest, taken in front of the church.
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Barn Raising in Cross Plains

Date: 
Description: Workers pose on the frame of a barn they are building.
Drawing

Cross Plains Tavern and School

Date: 1946
Description: Pencil drawing of a stone building in Cross Plains, which used to house a tavern downstairs and the town's school upstairs. Features a porch entrance, and ...
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Young Woman Posing Outdoors

Date: 
Description: Outdoor portrait of a young dark-haired woman standing in front of the of a building near a screen door.
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Farm Against a Hillside

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: A farm, with metal-roofed buildings, in a hillside valley.
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Stone Mill

Date: 06 19 1925
Description: Exterior of stone mill. An automobile of the period is parked under the front portico, and there is a wooden wing in the rear. A sign in front advertises "...

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