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First Grade Class

Date: 05 14 1959
Description: A class of first grade students stand by their desks.
Postcard

Family Posing with an Automobile

Date: 1914
Description: Partial label on front reads: "Andrew L." Handwritten on reverse: "Residence of Andrew Lien, Wheeler, Wis." A family poses with their automobile next to th...
Photograph

"Wild Bill" Buyer & Seller of Things

Date: 08 29 1964
Description: A man in a cowboy hat and fringe jacket posing on a covered wagon. The wagon has a sign that reads: "'Wild Bill' Buyer & Seller of Things, Albertville." ...
Photograph

Youths Are in the Clover

Date: 07 23 1960
Description: Two children search through a clover field. Caption reads: "FOUR-LEAF CLOVERS seem to stand out from the common three-leaf plants for Alan and Susan...
Postcard

Peace Lutheran Church

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a stone church located at 917 7th Street.
Photograph

Racing the Storm

Date: 1976
Description: Farmers head for the barn with a load of hay bales as a storm looms overhead. A hay baler is hitched between the tractor and the wagon. Farm buildings are ...
Map or Atlas

Sand Creek Township

Date: 1915
Description: A plat map of the township of Sand Creek.
Photograph

Ludington Guard Band

Date: 1933
Description: View across lawn towards band members posing in their uniforms and holding their musical instruments. The group is sitting and standing on stage under a ba...
Photograph

Andrew Tainter

Date: 
Description: Reproduction of a portrait of Andrew Tainter, a lumber baron from Menomonie. Mr. Tainter and his family were influential in the building of Menomonie.
Photograph

Building Spawning Boxes

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Two men in work clothes are bending over a box they are constructing from slab wood near Lake Menomin. There is snow on the ground and a park shelter in th...
Photograph

Autumn Color along a Road

Date: 1973
Description: View looking up road on a hill towards trees with fall colors of yellow, orange and red leaves.
Map or Atlas

Map of Menomonie, Dunn County, Wis.

Date: 1931
Description: This photocopy map shows lot and block numbers, some landownership and acreages, water flowage, and marshes. The map also shows Lake Menomin and Wilson Cr...
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 1900
Description: View across railroad tracks towards passengers, a large group of men and one young girl, waiting on the platform at the train station for the train to arri...
Photograph

View of a Farm

Date: 1898
Description: View from field of farm with a wide view of the surrounding landscape.
Photograph

Armistice Day Street Parade

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Elevated view from building of informal Armistice Day street parade at an intersection of the downtown area. They are celebrating the conclusion of the fir...
Photograph

Armistice Day Street Parade

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Elevated view from building of informal Armistice Day street parade at an intersection of the downtown area. They are celebrating the conclusion of the fir...
Photograph

Wood Pile

Date: 1932
Description: A conical stack of stovewood owned by Delbert Karns of 9th Street, Menomonie stands beside a house. It contained 55 cords of wood.
Photograph

Fred Price

Date: 1932
Description: Fred Price poses in a farmyard holding a grain cradle which was made by his father and had been in the family for 55 years. A small granary and another out...
Photograph

Sawmill

Date: 1932
Description: A steam tractor provides power for a portable sawmill owned by Jake Karken. The large sawblade is still as men pose for the photographer. There is a team o...
Photograph

Electric Dynamo

Date: 1932
Description: An open wooden structure built over a small mill race supports a vertical water wheel. A large belt runs horizontally from the water wheel to a line shaft ...

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