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St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church

Date: 1924
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.
Map or Atlas

Map of Rodolf Family Farm

Date: 1833
Description: Township/section map showing Rodolf land and nearby neighbors.
Painting

Rodolf Farm

Date: 1834
Description: View of Rodolf farm.
Drawing

Pecatonica River

Date: 1834
Description: Peck-a-ton-oka (Pecatonica River) with Rodolf farm in the background.
Photograph

First Wisconsin Territorial Capitol

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior of the first Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, which was rented by the Legislature who met there for 46 days in 1836. The building was restored in 19...
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Mullen Mine #2

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Description: Lead and zinc mine
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First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Council House (First Capitol)

Date: 1870
Description: Council House of the first Wisconsin Territorial Legislature when it met at Belmont in 1836. A young boy or man wearing a hat stands in front near a fence.
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Farm Machinery Dealer

Date: 03 31 1962
Description: Farm machinery on dealer's side lot, with car in the foreground and Good Year tire store across the street.
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Home-Built Airplane by Mel Thompson

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Description: The bi-plane constructed by Melvin Thompson during the years 1918-1920 on his farm near the former quarry in Lamont Township.
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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.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Looking North West

Date: 1871
Description: Darlington, county seat of Lafayette County, was established in the late 1840s, but didn't thrive until the arrival of the railroad in 1856. This view show...
Map or Atlas

View of Darlington, Wisconsin, County Seat of Lafayette County

Date: 1881
Description: Darlington's first settlers arrived by 1826, attracted by the lead mines of the area. Arrival of the railroad in 1856 stimulated growth, and in 1857 the co...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Darlington

Date: 1896
Description: Bird's-eye map of Darlington. Area bordered by Washington and North Streets, upper left hand corner, the fairgrounds, upper right corner, River Street, bot...
Photograph

Old Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Man weighing milk can on old platform scale at Belmont Creamery.
Photograph

Toledo Scale

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Man weighing a box on a Toledo scale at the Belmont Creamery.
Photograph

Toledo Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Man weighing milk can on Toledo scale at Belmont Creamery.
Photograph

Scale

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Man weighing milk can on Toledo platform scale at Belmont Creamery.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

View of A. Anderson's Farm from Field

Date: 1876
Description: A stereograph perhaps taken at the same time as the "Three different views of the village of Argyle, Wis." mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereosco...
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B.F. Hahn and Family Picnic

Date: 1876
Description: Benjamin F. Hahn, his wife Mary and their servant Sarah Hill sit around a table with an intricately patterned cloth with bowls of apples and grapes. The wo...

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