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Lead Mine Interior

Date: 1930
Description: View inside a lead mine showing six miners with a car on a track.
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: The football team from Platteville Normal School.
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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
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Down in the Zinc Mine

Date: 1910
Description: Miner inside a zinc mine.
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Zinc Miners

Date: 1910
Description: Zinc miners posing with an ore bucket down in a mine.
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Looking East down Main Street in Platteville

Date: 1930
Description: View looking east down Main Street at the intersection with Court Street. Coyle's Drugstore is on the right.
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Zinc Mining

Date: 1915
Description: Two men work in a zinc mine near Platteville, Wisconsin.
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Home of E. France

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Description: Home of E. France & Son. The buildings from left to right are: Warehouse No. 2 (partially blocked by 20 foot tall spruce hedge), Warehouse No. 3, 160 colon...
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Miners at Diner

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Description: Zinc miners at tables in the dining hall near.
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Mining Operations

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville."
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Tufa Falls

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Description: View of Tufa Falls.
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Straw Lead Furnace

Date: 1880
Description: A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S...
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State Teachers College

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Description: Exterior view of the State Teachers College.
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State Teachers College

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Description: A view of the State Teacher's College. Snow is on the ground and covering the trees. The State Teacher's College and the Mining College in Platteville merg...
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State Normal School

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Description: A view of the State Normal School, founded in 1866.
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State Mining School

Date: 1930
Description: A view of a tree on the grounds near a building at the State Mining School. This maple tree was planted in 1869 by, Professor Charles H. Allen, Professor D...
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Plaque at State Mining School

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the plaque on a maple tree outside the State Mining School. It reads: "Planted April 1869 by Professor Charles H. Allen, Professor Duncan McGrego...
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Rountree House

Date: 1948
Description: The John H. Rountree House, built in 1854. According to "The History of Wisconsin" (Vol. I, 1973), "The rise of the settlement at Platte Mounds was indisso...
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Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Platteville, Wis."
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City Park

Date: 1930
Description: View of the city park, with a gazebo on the right.

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