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Shakerag Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across open area and fence towards the Cornish homes on Shakerag Street in Mineral Point.
Photograph

High Street, Mineral Point

Date: 1915
Description: View down High Street, looking east.
Postcard

High Street

Date: 1915
Description: View down street, with storefronts on both sides. Caption reads: "High Street looking west from Dellars Corner, Mineral Point, Wis."
Photograph

High Street Business

Date: 1910
Description: The businesses on High Street, with automobiles parked along the curb. Caption reads: "High Street Looking West Mineral Point, Wis."
Photograph

Mineral Point Jail

Date: 1913
Description: Reportedly the first jail to be built in Wisconsin, this jail was built somewhere between 1830 and 1835 from hewn logs. Iowa County was organized within th...
Photograph

Mineral Spring Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Mineral Spring Brewery, located on 272 Shake Rag Street, erected in 1850 (currently 276 Shake Rag Street). A group of four men are posing outdoors on the r...
Photograph

Mineral Point Municipal Building

Date: 1915
Description: The Municipal Building, which holds the City Hall and Public Library.
Photograph

Odd Fellows Hall

Date: 1910
Description: The Odd Fellows Hall, built in 1838, was the first to be built west of the Allegheny Mountains. The cornerstones were laid by P.G. Sire Thomas Widley, foun...
Photograph

Moses Strong Residence

Date: 1910
Description: The home of Moses Strong, a prominent attorney, politician, speculator and land agent who moved to Wisconsin Territory and settled in Mineral Point in 1836...
Photograph

Zinc Works

Date: 1915
Description: The zinc works mining operation.
Photograph

Zinc Works

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the zinc works.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Mineral Point

Date: 09 1915
Description: Sheet 1 of a Sanborn map of a portion of Mineral Point.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Mineral Point

Date: 09 1915
Description: Sheet 8 of a Sanborn map of a portion of Mineral Point.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Mineral Point

Date: 09 1915
Description: Sheet 7 of a Sanborn map of a portion of Mineral Point.

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