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Post Office Gathering

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Description: A crowd of people looking toward the camera has gathered in front of the Rome Post Office that has a folded-up awning and a flag over the entrance. A pathw...
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School House

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the schoolhouse with man sitting on front steps.
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General Store

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of general store with people on front steps.
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Robert Lindner Home

Date: 1907
Description: Robert Lindner home with two men and two women on the front porch.
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Extension Agent at Potato World

Date: 1990
Description: County farm extension agent talks with Potato World employees.
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Technician with Patient at MRI

Date: 1990
Description: MRI technician guides patient into the machine.
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Inspecting Gas Tanks

Date: 1990
Description: "Tanknology" employee inspecting gasoline at "Cenex" gas station.
Postcard

C.&N.W. Depot

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Chicago and North Western Depot. A group of children are in front of the depot near a cart, and two men work nearby.
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Wild Cranberry Harvest

Date: 09 14 1910
Description: William Meuer and friends identified as "the Hansens" picking cranberries on Mason Lake.
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Adams County Fair

Date: 1990
Description: A male teen is posing with a prize sheep at the Adams County Fair.
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Springvalle General Store

Date: 1922
Description: View from road of the general store, a two-story wood frame building in a rural area. A man and a child are standing near the door. Another child is sittin...
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Deep Lake

Date: 1928
Description: View down slope towards Deep Lake. There is a girl standing in a rowboat at the shoreline. She is holding up her catch of the day. In the background a man ...
Postcard

Main Street, North

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Description: View down north Main Street. The Hotel Wrchota is on the left. Horse-drawn vehicles and automobiles are further down the street. A tree-covered hill is in ...
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Fire Break

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Description: One man, wearing a hard hat, is kneeling in the dirt in the foreground, while another man wearing a cap is resting one foot on a Minneapolis-Moline disk pl...
Photograph

Fisherman by Power House and Dam

Date: 06 1962
Description: Landscape photograph by Sid Boyum of a fisherman on the bank of Big Spring Creek near a power house and dam. The fisherman to the right blends into the bui...
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Adams County Supermarket

Date: 04 1955
Description: Three men visit at the corner of the Plainville Grocery. There are many signs and logos on the storefront: "Coca-Cola," "Peerless Beer," "Model Smoking Tob...
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At the Dells

Date: 1910
Description: A group of three men and four women, probably members of the Von der Sump family, posing for a casual portrait on a rock formation at the Wisconsin Dells.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Held Up

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene on the Road Near White Creek, Wis." and at the bottom: "Held Up". Photomontage of a cow, an automobile and five men. The automo...

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