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Everett Gillilan

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Everett Gillilan, owner of Pioneer Motors, Incorporated, in Lancaster.
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Monument of Nelson Dewey

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Description: Postcard depicting the monument of Nelson Dewey. He has a long beard and sits in a chair on a pedestal. Trees are in the background. Text at the bottom re...
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Residence of First Governor of Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: View from across the street of Nelson Dewey's home.
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Kroger Store Flower Bulb Promotion

Date: 02 06 1952
Description: Two store employees of a Kroger store stand by an Old Dutch cleanser promotion for gladiolus bulbs in a store in Lancaster. Other merchandise displays incl...
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Lancaster Grocery Store Display

Date: 12 22 1951
Description: Two unidentified men stand next to a display announcing a .01 cent sale of Old Dutch cleanser in a Lancaster grocery store. A banner annoucing the product ...
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Grant County School Contest Winners

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Group of children pose in doorway of brick building.
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Fourth Annual Grant County Contest

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults pose on the lawn in front of brick building. Other people look out of open windows.
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Grant County Contest Winners

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Description: Contest winners pose outside brick building in doorway. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapels or collars. First row, reading from left to righ...
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Grant County Contest Winners

Date: 05 1911
Description: Contest winners pose in doorway of brick building. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapels or collars. Arithmatic winners, first row from left to...
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Grant County Contest

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Group portrait of children standing. Many of the children have ribbons on their lapel or collar.
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Grant County Fifth Annual Contest

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Grant County Fourth Annual Contest Winners

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Cow Pasture

Date: 05 30 1966
Description: View from hill of cows grazing below in a pasture, as seen through a cluster of trees in bud.
Postcard

Grant County Court House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Grant County Court House. Caption reads: "Court House, Lancaster, Wis."
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of post office on a street corner. Caption reads: "Post Office, Lancaster, Wis."
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Barber Home

Date: 1930
Description: The home of Joel Allen Barber, who helped frame the present constitution of Wisconsin.
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City Hall

Date: 1950
Description: View across intersection of City Hall on a street corner.
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1920
Description: Governor Nelson Dewey's house.
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1915
Description: View across road towards Governor Nelson Dewey's house.
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1890
Description: The home of Governor Nelson Dewey, built in 1842 and later owned by Miss Abbey Phelps.

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