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Farm near Columbus

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm buildings including barns, three silos and a corn crib on Duborg Road off of Highway 16 west of Columbu...
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Farm near Columbus

Date: 03 22 1945
Description: Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm with cows and buildings including farmhouse, barn, three silos and a corn crib on Duborg Road off of Hi...
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Parkinson Home on Ludington Street

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Description: Five women are posing in front of a house on a stoop and porch. They are all wearing hats, skirts, and blouses, and one woman is sitting in a rocking chair...
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Portrait of a Man

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Description: Carte-de-visite, quarter-length, quarter-length studio portrait of a man, framed by an oval matte. He is wearing a suit and has a full beard. On the revers...
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Miss T.B. McCafferty

Date: 1870
Description: Vignetted quarter-length head and shoulders portrait of a woman.
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Three Men on Tractors Working in a Field

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: View of Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm field, with two farmers watching three other farmers on Farmall tractors. They are plowing and ...
Painting

"Park" Columbus, Wis.

Date: 1911
Description: View along dirt path in a park. There is a soldier's monument in the background just beyond trees, and a brick building on the left.
Print

Capri Steak House Lunch Menu

Date: 1979
Description: Front cover and interior of a lunch menu from the Capri Steak House, with a red leatherette cover and gold tasselled cord.
Photograph

Merry Go Round

Date: 1932
Description: A man wearing a hat pushes a rig similar to a horse mill to give four children a ride on a merry go round in the Columbus Park. The children are seated on ...
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Scene at Columbus

Date: 1926
Description: View down a cobblestone brick road. Stores on the street include: the Columbus Hotel, Tremont Hotel, and a drug store.
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Street Scene

Date: 1926
Description: View down the brick street in a busy commercial area. Cars are parked on either side of the road.
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Wisconsin Academy in Columbus

Date: 11 30 1949
Description: A group of people, possibly faculty and students, stand in front of the newly built South Hall of the Wisconsin Academy. The academy was formerly known as...
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Wisconsin Academy at Columbus

Date: 11 30 1949
Description: Exterior view of the newly built South Hall of the Wisconsin Academy at Columbus Wisconsin. The Academy is a high school co-ed boarding school, formerly k...
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Storage Building

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of a storage building with warped metal siding.
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Columbus Library

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Description: Interior view of the Columbus Library. There are reading tables and chairs, and bookshelves line the walls. A large window with a potted plant is in the ce...
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Columbus Library

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Description: Interior view of the Columbus Library looking toward children's room. In the foreground is a reading table, and librarian's desk. There are also bookshelve...
Postcard

Farmer's and Merchants' Union Bank

Date: 1930
Description: Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank on a street corner. Designed by Louis Sullivan. Caption reads: "Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank, Columbus, Wisconsin....
Postcard

First National Bank in Columbus

Date: 1915
Description: First National Bank, founded in 1861. Caption reads: "First National Bank, Columbus, Wis."
Postcard

James Street

Date: 1915
Description: View down center of James Street with a couple of horse-drawn wagons along the curbs. Storefronts line both sides of the street. Caption reads: "James Stre...
Postcard

Ludington Street in Columbus

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the right side of Ludington Street. Caption reads: "Columbus, Wis. Ludington St., looking South."

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