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| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | North view of Saint Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, which was designed and built by the Dominican priest Rev. Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli in 1844. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of storefronts on Main Street. Sign on building reads: "Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer." Child standing at pump (water pump?) Two cars parke... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Masonic Lodge, erected in 1845. The first in Wisconsin, removed to Masonic cemetery outside New Diggings and refurbished as shown in 1950. Marker in front ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Masonic Temple marker to commemorate the first Masonic Temple erected in Wisconsin, built in 1845. The marker and temple were moved in 1950 from the town t... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Side view of window and side door on Father Mazzuchelli's chapel. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Side view of Mazzuchelli's chapel with windows. |
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| Description: | Interior view across pews towards the altar of St. Augustine Church. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Father Mazzuchelli's chapel, St. Augustine's, built before 1850, one of the earliest Catholic churches in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. Built by Rev. Samuel Mazzuchelli in 1844. Caption reads: "St. Augustine's Catholic Church [text obscured]." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior view over pews towards the altar. This church is the original built by Father Mazzuchelli in 1844. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Map of New Diggings — inset map in bottom right corner of "Benton & New Diggings" map, on page 11 of "Atlas of Lafayette County Wisconsin," a collect... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A man and a child pose on the dock of a paddle ferry boat named "Dewey." An American flag is affixed to the boat, there is a bell attached on a platform ne... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down an unpaved road. On the right side of the street, two men pose at a gasoline filling station. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Primitive Methodist Church. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The Blackstone Mine property and mining equipment. |
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