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Washburn and Woodman Bank

Date: 1932
Description: View from across street of the Washburn and Woodman Bank building, erected by C.C. Washburn and Cyrus Woodman. The bank was established in 1846 and operate...
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Charles Green

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Description: Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard.
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Aerial View

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial photograph taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1925
Description: Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu...
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Village Across Pond

Date: 1875
Description: A view of the village from a nearby bluff across a pond. Men, women and children, standing spaced apart, are posing in the field near the pond.
Map or Atlas

Pulaski Township

Date: 1915
Description: Detailed plat map of the Pulaski township.
Map or Atlas

Avoca Township

Date: 
Description: Detailed plat map of Avoca township.
Photograph

Wisconsin House

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the front and side of the Wisconsin House.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Depot

Date: 1909
Description: View across railroad tracks of a man and a dog posing on the platform in front of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul depot. In the background on the left...
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Street in Business District

Date: 1921
Description: View down middle of main street of the business district. Automobiles are parked along the curb and pedestrians are on the sidewalk.
Photograph

Business District

Date: 1909
Description: View down the main dirt road of the business district.
Photograph

Mother and Baby Playing

Date: 1903
Description: Beatrice C. Gesell and Gerhard Gesell, Jr. play out-of-doors. While mother watches the baby sits on a pillow playing with a volume titled "Educational Pro...
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Pendarvis and Trelawny

Date: 1945
Description: Pendarvis and Trelawny, Cornish miners' houses on Shake Rag Street.
Photograph

High Street

Date: 1960
Description: View of businesses on High Street, including the Rexall Drugstore on the left corner. One can also see a glimpse of the City Hall, directly across the stre...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Dodgeville

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Dodgeville, looking east, with insets of the high school and county courthouse.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Mineral Point

Date: 1872
Description: Bird's-eye map of Mineral Point, looking southeast.
Photograph

CMSP Locomotive

Date: 1890
Description: View looking down railroad tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #240, a type 4-4-0. On the right is a steep, rocky bank, ...
Photograph

Mineral Point Railroad Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #280 at the Mineral Point depot. A group of people stand on the platform. The depot was built in 1857, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Mineral Point

Date: 1840
Description: A hand-drawn plat map of Mineral Point, Wisconsin showing street layout and location of buildings.
Photograph

Bridge, Dam and Mill in Moscow

Date: 1875
Description: View of a bridge, dam and mill. Moscow was platted in 1850 by an Englishman, Chauncy Smith, who dammed the Bluemound branch of the Pecatonica River to run ...

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