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Railroad Depot

Date: 1925
Description: Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu...
Photograph

Laxey Church

Date: 1947
Description: Laxey Church, built prior to the Civil War, was named after Laxey in the Isle of Man, from which many of the immigrants had come. There is a cemetery with ...
Photograph

Peneil Church

Date: 1925
Description: Peneil Church with a car parked in front, and a monument on the right.
Photograph

Simpson Church

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior view of the Simpson Church.
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
Photograph

Decorated Barn

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: View of a barn decorated with painted Pennsylvania-German hex signs.
Photograph

Iowa Street

Date: 1920
Description: View up unpaved street. There is a horse-drinking fountain on the left side of the road, and pedestrians are on sidewalks in the background.
Postcard

Iowa Street, Looking North

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of busy Iowa Street scene, looking north, with the Hotel Higbee on the left, and the Iowa County Courthouse in the background. Caption reads:...
Postcard

A Busy Day

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a busy street scene on Iowa Street, looking north. The Higbee Hotel is on the left side of the street, and the Iowa County Courthouse is i...
Postcard

East from Water Tower

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Dodgeville, with fields, houses, and lawns in the foreground, larger, brick buildings in the center, and a church in the distance. Caption...
Postcard

Bernard Schoeneman Homestead

Date: 1920
Description: Former Bernard Schoeneman (b. 1826; d. 1904) homestead. View from garden towards the brick farmhouse, where seven people, women and children, are posing on...
Photograph

Rephotographic Pair: The Laxey Church and Cemetery

Date: 
Description: A vintage view of the Laxey Church, paired with a modern view of the Laxey cemetery in the same location.

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