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Shullsburg Flying School

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Description: The staff of Hanifans' Flying School at Shullsburg where the enrollment during the 1950s was largely comprised of students on the G.I. Bill.
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T. Richard Merchant Tailor Shop

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Description: Richard Taschek, an Austrian immigrant, poses in front of his business, the T. Richard Merchant Tailor shop.
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Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down unpaved Main Street with storefronts are along both sides. A sign on a building further down on the right reads: "Nixon House". Caption reads: "S...
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Pecatonica Battlefield Marker

Date: 1925
Description: Pecatonica battlefield marker, Black Hawk Park (Lafayette County). The marker reads: "At this place on June 16,1832 between Wisconsin pioneers under Colon...
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Marker at Black Hawk Park

Date: 1925
Description: Pecatonica battlefield marker, Black Hawk Park (Lafayette County). The marker reads: "At this place on June 16,1832 between Wisconsin pioneers under Colone...
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Pecatonica Marker Dedication

Date: 1922
Description: Dedication of the Pecatonica Battleground marker, erected by the Rhoda Hinsdal Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution of Shullsburg and by the town of ...
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Pecatonica Battleground Marker

Date: 1922
Description: The Pecatonica Battlegound marker, erected by the Rhoda Hinsdale Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Shullsburg and by the town of Wiota...
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of First Territorial Legislature

Date: 1957
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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(First) Wisconsin Territorial Capitol

Date: 1931
Description: View of men standing on the lawn in front of the Wisconsin Territorial Capitol. They are standing near the monument of a shell of the Civil War period, rec...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1930
Description: View of the entrance sign to a Methodist Episcopal church.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from road towards a Methodist Episcopal church. The corner of a commercial building is on the right.
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City Hotel

Date: 1896
Description: Exterior view of the City Hotel with a group of people posed near its entrance.
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Civil War Shell

Date: 1931
Description: A shell of the Civil War period, recovered from the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and presented to the First Capitol State Park by the GAR...
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Masonic Temple Marker

Date: 1954
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...
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Storefronts Along Street

Date: 1925
Description: View down middle of street, with pedestrians and storefronts lining both sides. There is a meat market on the left. Automobiles are parked along the curb.
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Darlington Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in 1931 by the Iowa Oil Company, Darlington's Service Station at 404 Main Street was said to give the "impression of a temple or a college chapel, an...
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Darlington Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Darlington Public Library. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carnegie Free Library." Two trees frame the entrance of the brick and st...
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Darlington Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from lawn of the Darlington Public Library. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carnegie Free Library." On the reverse of the photograph is re...
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Mayne Hotel

Date: 08 1925
Description: A mower and car parked in front of the dilapidated Mayne Hotel. Two boys are standing to the right of the car, and two men are talking near a wagon and bug...
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Ioca Gas Station

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Description: View from street of an old brick Ioco gas station with a few cars parked on the left.

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