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Auto and Truck Accident

Date: 10 07 1944
Description: Scene on Highway 51 and County Trunk K near DeForest where Madalene Richgels, an employee of Oscar Mayer, was killed in a truck auto accident near Gest's G...
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Chase Lumber Company Fire

Date: 02 14 1947
Description: The aftermath of a blazing fire involving five railroad cars of building materials at the F.L. Chase Lumber Company's main building in DeForest.
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Chase Lumberyard Fire

Date: 02 14 1947
Description: The main building at the F.L. Chase Lumber Company in DeForest destroyed by a blazing fire.
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Woman Preparing Lutefisk

Date: 
Description: Woman wearing an apron in an industrial kitchen and preparing a large pot of lutefisk possibly for a Syttende Mai celebration.
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Dedication of Cornerstone of Norway Grove Lutheran Church

Date: 08 06 1950
Description: A crowd gathers for the cornerstone dedication ceremony of the new reconstructed Norway Grove Lutheran church in DeForest. The present DeForest Lutheran ch...
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Mrs. Camren

Date: 11 11 1951
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Pearl (Odell) Camren, president of the Madison district of the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation.
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DeForest High School Basketball Team

Date: 01 18 1956
Description: Group portrait of the DeForest High School Basketball team, one of five teams tied for second place in the Madison Suburban High League race.
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DeForest High School Athletic Banquet

Date: 03 20 1956
Description: DeForest high school principal Woodro Stadler (front, left) makes a point to Ron Smith, basketball captain and Errol Erstad, football captain at the second...
Postcard

Water Tower

Date: 1909
Description: View up hill towards a water tower with a flag flying from a pole at the top. Caption reads: "Water Tower, De Forest, Wis."
Postcard

Public School

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view from street of the brick public school, with bell tower. Caption reads: "Public School, De Forest, Wis."
Postcard

Commerce Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down center of unpaved Commerce Street with buildings along a sidewalk on the right, and a building in the distance. Caption reads: "Commerce Street, ...
Postcard

High School Building

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards the high school building, with a bell tower. Caption reads: "High School Building, De Forest, Wis."
Photograph

Photographer in Studio

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length portrait of a man posed standing in front of a painted backdrop with a number of large format cameras and other photography equipment.
Photograph

Barber Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Man posed standing in a barber shop. His barbershop tools and equipment are behind him on a shelf under the two mirrors, in a cabinet on the left, and on t...
Photograph

Six Young Farmers

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: A young man wearing a wool coat is carrying two pails across a snow-covered farm yard. In the background a dog is running to keep up, and icicles are hangi...
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Ingeborg Dahl

Date: 1871
Description: Enlarged and cropped studio portrait of Ingeborg Dahl made after her marriage to Nels, the photographer's brother.
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Citizen Protest in De Forest

Date: 
Description: Caption reads: "DeForest, Wis. Protest raised by citizens when dealer put implements in a city park. Picketing."

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