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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
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Down Monona Drive

Date: 09 30 1933
Description: A gas station in a Trachte building on the corner of Highway 51 (Monona Drive) and Highway 30 (Cottage Grove Road). "Johnson Gasoline," and "Defiance Spark...
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Rennebohm Farm

Date: 06 30 1944
Description: Rennebohm Farm buildings, with house in foreground and barn and silos in background, located five miles from the Capitol, 3787 Highway 151 between Madison ...
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Amund Rustebakke Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View across field towards the Amund Rustebakke farm. Twelve haystacks dominate the left and center of the image, and two people are standing on top of the ...
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Brigham Farm Building in Ruin

Date: 06 1925
Description: View of three farm buildings - the one in the center is collapsing.
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Governor Taylor's Farm in Cottage Grove

Date: 02 21 1927
Description: Governor Taylor's farm with granary and barn.
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
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Aerial View of Farmhouses

Date: 1860
Description: Farmhouses near P. Rodenschmit Hill.
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
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Eddie Farm

Date: 07 26 1899
Description: View of the Eddie farm, later known as the Goodwin farm.
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A Boy and Dog with Toy Tractor

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Description: A young boy and his little dog sit together on a toy tractor in a driveway behind a parked car.
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Miss Eighury's Pony

Date: 1895
Description: A pony belonging to Miss Eighury stands in a stable.
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Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Elevated View of Belleville

Date: 1916
Description: Bird's-eye view of town. Fields, with farms and fences, surround the town made up of numerous dwellings and a church.
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Dairy Barn

Date: 1905
Description: The dairy barn on the agriculture campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Horse Barn

Date: 1905
Description: The horse barn on the agriculture campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There is a central tower and half-timbering on the gable end of the upper ...
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Bird's-Eye View of Blue Mounds

Date: 1930
Description: Bird's-eye view town. There are barns, homes, a church's steeple and a lumberyard.
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Blue Mounds at a Distance

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Description: View looking down hill of several buildings. More hills are in the far background. Caption reads: "Blue Mounds at a Distance, Altitude 1760 FT."
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Horse-Drawn Hearse

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Description: Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving.

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