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Library and Lunch Room

Date: 1910
Description: View of some storefronts, including a lunch room, and a library on a dirt road.
Postcard

Mill on a River

Date: 1914
Description: View of a mill on the bank of a river, and an adjacent dam. Caption at bottom reads: "Scene At Picturesque Friendship, Wis."
Photograph

Dam, Wisconsin River

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Castle Rock Dam on the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Robert Lindner Home

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior of the Robert Lindner home.
Photograph

Robert Lindner Home

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Robert Lindner home with family posing in front.
Photograph

Robert Lindner Home

Date: 1907
Description: Robert Lindner home with two men and two women on the front porch.
Photograph

Inspecting Gas Tanks

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

Thunderbird Washout

Date: 1990
Description: The “Thunderbird Washout” float at the Adams-Friendship High School homecoming parade. On the float, a boy in football attire is waving to the crowd.
Map or Atlas

Map of Adams County, Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: This early 20th century map of Adams County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, lakes an...
Map or Atlas

Outline Map of Adams County, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of Adams County, Wisconsin, from E.B. Foote's Plat book of Adams County, Wisconsin, 1900, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, citi...
Photograph

Cottages at Atcheson's Resort

Date: 1930
Description: View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill...
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the public school, a two-story brick building in a rural area with small bell tower on the roof above the entrance. There is a flagpole on...
Photograph

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...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View of Main Street in Friendship. The J.Hill & Son General Store is on the right, with two women at the entrance. Horse-drawn vehicles are in the street.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Cha-Cha-Cha

Date: 1961
Description: A Prairie Chicken performing his Booming Dance.
Photograph

Irrigation

Date: 06 1964
Description: Irrigation sprinklers spraying water onto a field near Grand Marsh.
Postcard

Chimney Rock

Date: 07 09 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Chimney Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin." The rock formation Chimney Rock overhanging the Wisconsin River. Bluffs are on the left and th...
Postcard

Residence

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Residence, Dist. White Creek, Wis." Handwritten on front: "This is my cousin's house." A home with oblong-shaped openings on the porc...
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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