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Aerial View

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial photograph taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and...
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Factory site

Date: 1925
Description: Empty field with Mineral Point in the background taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emph...
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Vacant Factory Building

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior shot of a vacant factory building with a car parked in front taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economi...
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Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
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Cornish Miner's House

Date: 1925
Description: View from road looking down slope toward the house of a Cornish miner. Other buildings are in the background on the right.
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Mineral Point Jail

Date: 1925
Description: A roughly built jail, constructed before 1836. Vineyard would have been held here a short time before he was released on bail.
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Knights of Pythias Castle Hall

Date: 1925
Description: The Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, formerly the Presbyterian Church, dedicated in 1844. The small building to the right of the church was built and occupi...
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Lower Ward School

Date: 1925
Description: Lower Ward School (also called Second Ward School) built in 1867 and used through 1923. It was torn down in 1931.
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Holsmiller Farm

Date: 1920
Description: The Spensley Furnace on the Holsmiller farm.
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St. Paul's Irish Catholic Church

Date: 1920
Description: St. Paul's Irish Catholic Church, erected in 1855.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Mineral Point

Date: 07 1929
Description: Sheet 10 of a Sanborn map of a portion of Mineral Point.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Mineral Point

Date: 07 1929
Description: Sheet 9 of a Sanborn map of a portion of Mineral Point.
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Old Stone House

Date: 12 1929
Description: Exterior of stone house, built about 1830.
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High Street Looking East

Date: 1929
Description: View down High Street looking east. There are many automobiles parked along the curb, and shops line the street. At the end of the street down the hill is ...
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Mineral Point Grade School

Date: 1929
Description: View across street of the three-story grade school.
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Blue Grass Country Club

Date: 1929
Description: Two men and two women play a game of golf at the Blue Grass Country Club. One man tees off as the other three players watch.

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