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Students Conducting Scientific Research

Date: 1900
Description: Downer College students working in a laboratory in which a human skeleton, a frog, a bat and stuffed birds are displayed.
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Town View near Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: Buildings and storefronts in town near bridge and river.
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Fred MacMurray as a Boy

Date: 1915
Description: Fred MacMurray, on the right, as a young boy outdoors in winter with his friend Randall McKinstry.
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Visitors to the Iron Ridge Mine

Date: 1900
Description: Visitors, dressed in their Sunday best, contrast with the rough garb of the miners. Left to right, miners were: Charles Kanass, Robert "Beaver" Smith (hold...
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Assembly Presbyterian Church

Date: 1917
Description: Interior of the Assembly Presbyterian Church on the 50th anniversary of Dr. T.S. Johnson as pastor.
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International 15-30 H.P. Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: International 15-30 H.P tractor running an International 28 x 46 thresher on a rural farm. The tractor was purchased by Oscar Krueger in 1920. The threshe...
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Family Golf Outing

Date: 1936
Description: Two generations of the Brandel family pose with golf clubs at the Fox Lake Golf Course.
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Mail Delivery at the Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A woman and her dog meet the mail carrier in his delivery boat at the end of a pier on the west shore of Fox Lake.
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Fence Sitters

Date: 1922
Description: School friends Ethel and Eleanor fence-sit on a summer day.
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J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill

Date: 1943
Description: Field of shocked hemp with stock pile, and the J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill in the background.
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"Bryan Day" at Milwaukee Road Depot

Date: 1905
Description: A large crowd at the Milwaukee Road depot, perhaps to greet William Jennings Bryan on the incoming train. The malthouse can be seen in the distance.
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Beaver Dam International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior of Albert Kaepernick Jr.'s McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealership. A poster in the front window reads: "Throw your scrap into the fight!".
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Ackerman Farm House

Date: 1946
Description: Front view of the Ackerman farmhouse, built about 1841, located at University Avenue and East Mill Street.
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Davison Theatre

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Davison Theater. Caption reads: "Davison Theatre, Beaver Dam, Wis."
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T.S. Johnson Home

Date: 1900
Description: View across yard towards the Johnson family sitting on steps of their house at 110 Grove Street. A horse and buggy is parked in the front yard. Mrs. Johnso...
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Dodge County Historical Museum

Date: 1954
Description: Dodge County Historical Museum, exterior view. This was the old Milwaukee railroad depot before it was remodeled for the Society's use.
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Industrial Sector

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, from cotton mill tower, Beaver Dam, Wis." Two churches are in the background, and there are smokestacks and a water tower n...
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View of River below Dam

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "River View below the Dam."
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Wayland Hall

Date: 1952
Description: Night view of entrance to Wayland Hall, built in 1855, at Wayland Junior College.
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Wayland Hall

Date: 1950
Description: Front entrance to Wayland Hall, built in 1855, Wayland Junior College.

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