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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...
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of downtown with surrounding landscape.
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of town and the surrounding countryside.
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Historical Marker at Henry Dodge's Homestead

Date: 1930
Description: Historical marker on the site of Henry Dodge's homestead. Dodge was the first territorial governor of Wisconsin.
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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 ...
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Peneil Church

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

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior view of the Simpson Church.
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Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts Roundup

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Cooking their lunch outdoors is one of the small groups of the more than 1700 Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Districts II and IV of the Blackh...
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Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts Roundup

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Five Girl Scouts bringing food supplies to their leaders, Mrs. William J. Chapin of Madison (on the left), and Mrs. Ernest Just of Sauk City (on the right...
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Girl Scout Phyllis Sanders Gathering Firewood

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Girl Scout Phyllis Sanders of Madison gathering firewood for cooking lunch during a one day Roundup of the Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Dist...
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Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts, Adult Leaders

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Jean Glover, President of the Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts, Jane Thomas, general chairman of Roundup, and Joanna Sherman, Girl Scout District Director,...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

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

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

Date: 08 30 1964
Description: Landscape view of rolling pasture lands in the Governor Dodge State Park Extension. A small farm road winds through the fields and several small trees.
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Governor Dodge State Park Extension

Date: 08 30 1964
Description: A power line is juxtaposed against a group of trees growing on a small ridge in the distance.
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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.
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Cemetery

Date: 1920
Description: View across road of a cemetery.
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Charles Schmidt

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Dr. Charles Schmidt (Sherwin Gillett's wife's cousin). He is standing next to a prop fence and his h...
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...

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