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Automobile Stuck in Mud

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Description: Men with a tractor attempt to pull out a car stuck in the mud on an early road.
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Elroy Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Elroy Public Library. The library opened in 1908 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with $10,000. On the lower right the cardboard back...
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Truck Stuck in the Mud

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Description: A man with a tractor attempts to pull a truck out of deep mud. Two men stand on the bed of the truck, and another man sits on the front of the tractor. The...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
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Josh Sanford as a Child

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Description: Portrait of Josh Sanford in Native American dress as a child. Sanford served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and is credited with being the only Native A...
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Josh Sanford and Mother

Date: 1922
Description: Portrait of Josh Sanford as a child with his mother, Maude Decorah. Sanford served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and is credited with being the only Na...
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Circus World Train

Date: 07 05 1972
Description: View of local residents standing in the grass watching the Circus World Museum Train pass through Elroy and Union Center. The train, which did not normally...
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Interior of a General Store

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Description: Interior view of a general store with canned goods on display on shelves along the wall in the background. Two men are standing behind the counter, and fou...
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Hiking along Sparta Trail

Date: 1967
Description: A group of men and women walking along a gravel path.
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Retiring Railroad Conductor

Date: 12 31 1957
Description: Patrick J. Donnelly (left) on his last day of work after serving as conductor with the North Western Railway for 52 years. K.M. Prenot (right), a brakeman ...

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