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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops towards a main street during berry season. Horse-drawn wagons are gathered further down the street near an intersection. The Mo... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View down street towards an intersection. Large lampposts are at each corner. A sign on the building on the left reads: "Sidney." Caption reads: "Oak St. E... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across lawn with trees toward the courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Diagonal view across road toward the hotel. Caption reads: "Hotel Lewis, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The former Castleman log house and hotel, possibly 45 years after it was built. In the foreground are wooden wagons and wagon parts. Typewritten on the r... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View toward the front of the library. Caption reads: "Carnegie Library, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 07 1968 |
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| Description: | Interstate Highway I-90 sign erected to point out to motorists the use of tax dollars in highway improvements. |
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| Description: | View from right side of Main Street towards the left side of the street. |
| Date: | 1998 |
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| Description: | Not only does the cranberry industry produce cranberries, but it is also a source of tourists during the colorful harvest season. |
| Date: | 1999 |
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| Description: | Cranberry harvest at Warrens, the self-proclaimed cranberry capital of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards farm fields and houses. Tree-covered hills are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards farm fields and houses in Oil City. Tree-covered hills are in the distance. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of bridge and stream. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking west down road towards the bridge. The roadway is damaged in two spots, leaving large gaps. The walls of the bridge are still intact. Traffic barri... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | View from water of bridge collapsed into the river, with the metal supports half submerged and the brick base crumbling. Dwellings can be seen along the hi... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking Northwest. Workers are standing on the right next to the exposed drainage pipes in the damaged bridge. Sheets and quilts are covering the entranc... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets. |
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