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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 Railroad Station

Date: 1905
Description: View towards railroad station with a few passengers on the platform awaiting the arrival of the train. The locomotive is billowing smoke. Two horses stand ...
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Millpond in Cross Plains

Date: 1915
Description: Millpond with several buildings and horses in the middle ground, and more buildings in the background. Trees are visible throughout. Text at lower left rea...
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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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Scene on Highway 11

Date: 1929
Description: View down a commercial street, with an automobile coming down the street. There is a soda/ice cream shop which offers tobacco, cigars, and candy. The City ...
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Men with Wagon and Beer

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men standing with a horse and wagon. Shown (L-R) Otto Petersilie, unknown, unknown, unknown, Joseph F. Faust, unknown, Charles J. Faust. The wag...
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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...
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Wagons Carrying Boiler

Date: 1922
Description: Men on wagons carrying large boiler, etc., posing in sham-battle horseplay, probably in Cross Plains. In the background is a bluff.
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Farmer with Boys and Horses

Date: 1922
Description: Farmer and three boys posing with five horses in front of a house.
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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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Main Street, Cross Plains, Wis. No. 1

Date: 1910
Description: View down Main Street, a dirt road with horses and buggies and a wooden walkway. There is a brick building in the left foreground, with houses further down...
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Brothers Greg, left, and Mark Herrling drive a four-wheel buggy pulled by two ponies down a driveway with the family home visible in the background. This i...
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The Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Stanley Herrling (left), his wife, and sons Greg and Mark are each standing next to a horse at a fence bordering the pasture. This is one of a series of ph...

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