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Harvester-Thresher

Date: 10 03 1923
Description: A farmer using a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering harvester-thresher (combine) in a field.
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Roxbury General Store

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view of the general store and automotive garage in Roxbury. A man and woman, possibly the owners, are standing in front of the buildings.
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Wisconsin Heights

Date: 09 29 1906
Description: A group of people looks over the Wisconsin Heights battlefield as a man gestures. A horse-drawn buggy is on the right and another team of horses is visible...
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John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge

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Description: John Burroughs (4/3/1837 – 3/29/1921), an American naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement, standing on the po...
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Daisy Bates with School Children

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Description: Daisy Bates signs autographs for school children who attended the Freedom Rally at Memorial High School where Bates, "the First Lady of Little Rock," was a...
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Mrs. Jack Schwartz

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Mrs. Jack Schwartz of Roxbury holding a 3-month-old baby girl on her lap. The child is one of the nearly 60 foster children that Mrs. Schwartz has cared fo...
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St. Norbert's Baseball Team

Date: 08 08 1954
Description: Group portrait of the St. Norbert's baseball team of Roxbury, Wisconsin.The bat boys in front are not identified. Players include: First row, H. Ballweg,...
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Son Gets Six-Month Term for Beating Up Father

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Herbert Hilgendorf was sentenced to six months in jail for beating his father, Louis Hilgendorf, a town of Roxbury farmer.

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