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Cow Chip Tossing Contest

Date: 09 1980
Description: A competitor in the State Cow Chip Tossing Contest has 30 seconds to choose her cow chip. The cow chips are specially made from cow manure.
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Kehl Winery

Date: 02 18 1960
Description: Two young women looking at a wine making tool. Winery operated from 1867 to 1899. It later became a dance hall. Excerpt from Sauk Prairie Star, Sauk City, ...
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House with White Fence

Date: 1870
Description: View towards the front of a house with a white fence. Posing in front of the fence are a man (appears to be on crutches), a young child, and a dog. Other p...
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Cummings-Cooper House

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of Cummings-Cooper house with woman standing in front. The house was owned in 1940 by Mrs. H.F. Leindorff. The house was built in 1857.
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Power Dam Construction Site

Date: 07 27 1911
Description: Elevated view of the power dam construction site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. The outline of the coffer dam is easily seen. Three steam-pow...
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Foundation Piles and Concrete Forms at East End of Power Dam

Date: 03 03 1912
Description: Two women and a man posing among the timber pilings near the east shore of the river. Wooden concrete forms and two buildings are in the background.
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Government Barges Passing Through Lock at Power Dam

Date: 05 13 1914
Description: A view upstream through the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Workmen are guiding a barge through the lock as a man and woman are watching from steps in the ...
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View of Lodde's Mill

Date: 1908
Description: Lodde's mill and surroundings, west of Sauk City.
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Taxidermist Cart

Date: 1907
Description: A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt...
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Young Disc Jockeys

Date: 1965
Description: Caption reads: "Young Disc Jockeys, Mary Speth and Peggy Schaefer, get briefing from announcer, Del Viney. Station strictly limits rock-'n-roll to one hour...
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Effect of Hard Storm

Date: 07 18 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "Effect of Hard Storm, June 1st, 1916. Pra. Du Sac, Wis." Five adults and two children survey the damage after a large tree was blown ...
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4th of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1915
Description: Handwriting on reverse reads: "Uncle John Doll leading 4th of July Parade in 1915." A man on a horse leads a parade of automobiles, trucks and tractors dow...
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Picnic at Pere du Sac

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Description: Three women and two men posing against a car. The car is parked near some trees and overlooking a body of water. A caption identifies four of the people as...
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Picnic at Pere du Sac

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Description: Three women and two men are sitting around a picnic lunch, which is placed on a cloth. A caption identifies three of the people as "Louis and Julia Shepard...

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