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Decorated Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Dining room decorated with streamers for a wedding reception. The table is set formally with candles and there is a wedding cake as a centerpiece.
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G. Thompson Family and Domestic Machines

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Description: The G. Thompson family poses in front of their wooden house. One woman sits at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another works at a knitting machin...
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The Little Red Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a bridge in Jefferson. Caption reads: "'The Little Red Bridge,' Jefferson, Wis."
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Jefferson County Court House

Date: 1950
Description: The Jefferson County Court House.
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Jefferson Dam

Date: 1910
Description: View towards a dam in Jefferson. Two men are fishing from the shoreline in the foreground. The Woolen Mills are on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "...
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Dam on Rock River

Date: 1950
Description: The dam on Rock River.
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U.S. Post Office

Date: 1950
Description: View across street towards the U.S. Post Office, with a Jefferson Community Fire Department truck parked at the curb in front.
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Rock River and Mill Race

Date: 1920
Description: Rock River and Mill Race with bridge. Snow is on the ground and the trees. Caption reads: "Rock River & Mill Race, Jefferson Wis."
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St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

Date: 1910
Description: View towards the church on a hill. There is a wide set of stairs that leads up to the entrance. Caption reads: "St. John-the-Baptist Catholic Church, Jeffe...
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Stoppenbach House

Date: 1910
Description: The Stoppenbach residence at 244 E. Racine Street. Snow is on the ground and on the trees.
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Sectional View of the City

Date: 1905
Description: Colorized elevated view of Jefferson with numerous churches, businesses and residential homes, and a body of water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Secti...
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Jefferson Prairie Marker

Date: 1952
Description: The Jefferson Prairie Marker, a monument marking the settlement of Jefferson Prairie in 1838. A young girl is standing on the right. The text on the marker...
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Jefferson Prairie Marker

Date: 1952
Description: The Jefferson Prairie Marker, a monument marking the settlement of Jefferson Prairie in 1838. The text on the marker reads: Ole Knutson Nattestad, first No...
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Business Area of Milwaukee Street

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Description: Elevated view down the business area of Milwaukee Street, with people on the sidewalk, and horse-drawn carriages in the street.
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Business Area from Train

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Description: View from train platform looking back toward Johnson Creek businesses and houses. Railroad cars are on the left, and a set of railroad tracks are on the ri...
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Koshkonong Church

Date: 09 1925
Description: A church and cemetery in Koshkonong.
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Koshkonong Church

Date: 09 1925
Description: A church and cemetery in Koshkonong.
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Norwegian Octagon Church

Date: 1885
Description: Norwegian Octagon church, built in 1852 and torn down about 1891 or 1892.
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Dedication of Lake Ripley Ole Evinrude Historical Marker

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Arthur Melster, President of Cambridge Foundation; K.K. Amundson. M.D. of Cambridge; and W.T. Webb of Evinrude Motors, look at the Lake Ripley Ole Evinrude...
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Faville Homestead

Date: 1885
Description: The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions...

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