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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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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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Aerial View of Cross Plains and Surrounding Countryside

Date: 11 1928
Description: Aerial view of Cross Plains, including residences and the surrounding countryside.
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Leaving the Family Gathering

Date: 1940
Description: Well-dressed relatives leave a house where they attended a family gathering.
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A Boy and Dog with Toy Tractor

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Description: A young boy and his little dog sit together on a toy tractor in a driveway behind a parked car.
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House and Trees

Date: 05 1981
Description: View from across street of house on 2051 Camilla Street.
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Bird's-Eye View of Town

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Description: View from hill over church and cemetery towards fields and town in a valley.
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Bird's-Eye View

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Description: Elevated view from hill of rural landscape.
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down a rainy commercial street. There is a soda/ice cream shop, garage/gas station, and undertaker. A car is parked on the side of the road. There is ...
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Looking East from Hotel

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior view of a hotel and livery from across an unpaved road. Three horse-drawn vehicles are tied at the curb.
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Looking West from Opera House

Date: 1913
Description: View down an unpaved street. There are homes on the right and a fence on the left. At the end of the street are commercial buildings, horses, and automobil...
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Business Section

Date: 1925
Description: View down road of mixed residential and commercial area after a rain. A group of men, women, and children stand on the front steps of a brick building.
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Matthew Witt's First Home

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Description: View of the exterior of the first home of Matthew Witt, photographer. An automobile is parked in the yard.
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Matthew Witt's Second Home

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Description: View from street of the second home of Matthew Witt, photographer, located on the corner of Julius Street and American Legion Drive. Two motorcycles are pa...
Postcard

Man with Two Wheeled Hand Cart

Date: 1920
Description: John Virnig, Sr., harness maker, grips the handle of a two wheeled hand cart as he poses on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. He is wearing a hat, shirt and ...
Postcard

Four Girls Pose Outdoors

Date: 1930
Description: Four young girls pose outside of Witt's photography studio. They are wearing dresses. Two of the girls have jackets, and three of them have hair bows.
Postcard

Man Standing on Load of Logs

Date: 1921
Description: A man is standing on top of a stack of firewood that is loaded on his horse-drawn bobsled. He is wearing a coat and hat. In the background are two homes an...
Postcard

Hotel and Feed Barn

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Description: Photographic postcard of view across muddy road of a man wearing a suit and standing on the porch of the two-story Hotel and Feed Barn. Two signs next to h...

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