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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View across street of the Sun Prairie City Hall, a large brick building with two balconies in the tower and arched windows on the ground floor. A person dr... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the front of the high school, a large brick building with steps leading up to the main entrance, which has a tower above it. Two p... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from road of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The double doorway has an arched window above it, and another circular window with a decorative fr... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from railroad tracks towards the back of the canning company. There are freight cars parked near the loading dock. Two smokestacks are behind the buil... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. On the left is a bowling alley/billiard parlor, a real estate/insurance business, and a livery/garage. On the next block is City Hal... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street, with City Hall in the background. On the left is a general merchandise store, a bank and other businesses. In the foreground on the ... |
| Date: | 12 1912 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Sun Prairie, which includes an index and information about water facilities and the fire department. Includes a small inset map of the State... |
| Date: | 12 1912 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Sun Prairie, showing Main, Center and Church Streets. |
| Date: | 12 1912 |
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| Description: | Sanborn Map of Sun Prairie. The map highlights the public and parochial schools, the exhange, and church buildings, etc. |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Paul Gottschalk and Alice Brussow (wife of William Brussow) are sitting at the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic, sharing reminiscences. A person (face ou... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Early settler Anton Thomas, sitting on the right on the wooden bumper of an automobile, is holding his cane and smoking a pipe, and is talking with Robert ... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | John Philpot (standing with cane) asking Herman Woerpel if he'd put on a little weight! Looking on is Edward Duschek, sitting in the driver's seat of a car... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | At the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic at Angell Park, the oldest settler present was Julia McElroy, 89, pictured with her son, George McElroy. |
| Date: | 06 28 1958 |
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| Description: | As the bride, Susan Renk, is walking up the steps of the Sacred Hearts Catholic Church in Sun Prairie, her father, Wilbur Renk, is assisting by holding up ... |
| Date: | 07 23 1958 |
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| Description: | Switch-throwing ceremony for the new electric sub-station in Sun Prairie on Market Street. Five men are standing in front of the transformer and other equi... |
| Date: | 09 21 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Sun Prairie, Wis." An elevated view of dwellings, businesses among trees, with City Hall in the center. On the hor... |
| Date: | 09 02 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Main St. Sun Prairie Wis." View of storefronts line the left side of the street, with horse-drawn wagons at the curb. A man in an apr... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Oconomowoc Canning Co. Sun Prairie, Wis." A group of buildings at a canning factory. A sign on the right reads: "Oconomowoc Canning C... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Fireman's Park, Sun Prairie, Wis." The entrance to a park with stone walls, sidewalks and trees. A Cadillac is parked in the street a... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Moe Museum & Old Country School - (Hy N. North) Sun Prairie, Wis. Visitors Welcome on Sunday afternoon 1 to 4 P.M.-May 1 to Sept. 15.... |
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