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View from Slope of New Glarus

Date: 05 27 1961
Description: A view overlooking the edge of the town, taken from an eastern slope, with a farm and cows in the foreground.
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Fire Station with Bell Tower

Date: 1963
Description: View towards the Fire Station, with garage doors and a bell tower on the roof. A road is on the right.
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Wooden Lawn Chairs

Date: 06 01 1963
Description: A set of wooden lawn chairs are in the foreground on a lawn. They are facing a tree-lined residential street.
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Rainbow for Girls

Date: 05 14 1960
Description: Sixteen-year old Linda Schiesser poses in the outfit she wore at her installation as a Worthy Advisor of the New Glarus International Order of the Rainbow ...
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Turner Hall

Date: 1960
Description: Turner Hall, a Swiss social center in Monroe.
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Tree Growing in Old Commerical Building

Date: 05 19 1963
Description: A small tree growing through a window-opening of stone wall of a ruined old commercial building.
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Partly Demolished Building

Date: 06 01 1963
Description: Exterior view of an old high school building, partly demolished. There is a snow fence in front of the debris.
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Lawn Decoration

Date: 05 27 1961
Description: A mosaic lawn decoration made of various objects set in cement. The decoration is approximately thirty inches in diameter and revolves on a post.
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Railroad Yard

Date: 05 18 1963
Description: View across a railroad yard with several railroad cars and four storage tanks in the background.
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Mobil Gasoline Station Sign

Date: 05 19 1963
Description: A Mobil gasoline service station sign is in the foreground. Across the street is a blacksmith shop. On the left is a residential home next to the blacksmit...
Print

J.E. Engels Auto Co. Letterhead

Date: 1967
Description: Letterhead of the J.E. Engels Auto Company of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, with three-quarter views of various Chevrolet models, including the Caprice, Impala...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail

Date: 1969
Description: A map of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail and the surrounding area, showing the townships, the towns of Cashton, Sparta, in the west, and Union Center and Elro...
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Two School Buildings

Date: 1963
Description: Old high school building partly demolished and reflected in the windows of a new school building being constructed.
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View of an Old Gas Station

Date: 1963
Description: Old gasoline pump and garage doors.
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Lawn Decoration

Date: 1961
Description: Homemade decorative star wheel set curbside. The object consists of an assortment of pottery sherds and other discarded bits set in cement within a circula...
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Freight Station

Date: 1963
Description: Railroad freight station and siding, with railroad cars.
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Storage Buildings

Date: 1963
Description: Storage buildings along the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad siding and station.
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 23 1961
Description: This Horseradish Salad won second place in the salad category of the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest. The recipe was submitted by Mrs. John J. And...
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Barn Fire Near Brooklyn

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: Firemen are fighting a blaze that destroyed a barn and its contents 2 miles south of Brooklyn.
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Chalet Cheese Co-op

Date: 1968
Description: A dairy truck is under an awning at a cheese factory. A sign near the top of the two-story building reads: "Chalet Cheese Co-Op." Field crops are growing b...

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