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Montgomery Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: View from shoreline of bridge and stream.
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Montgomery Street Bridge Damage

Date: 06 02 1943
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...
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Oak Street Bridge Collapse

Date: 06 02 1943
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...
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Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background.
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Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
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...
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Water Street Bridge Repair

Date: 06 02 1943
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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Debris Under Water Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Behind the drugstore, looking downstream. The water under the bridge is full of construction debris.
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Doublewide Sidecar Prototype

Date: 1932
Description: Ralph Hilgers, wearing sunglasses, is seated on his 74 Harley-Davidson twin cylinder, late 1920's model motorcycle. His motorcycle is shown with a prototyp...
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Marching at Camp McCoy

Date: 06 1977
Description: Troops in uniform march on a street at Camp McCoy. There are barracks on either side of the road. One soldier carries a U.S. flag while others carry smalle...
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Frank King Painting a Character onto a Boat

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Description: Frank O. King paints his character "Uncle Walt" onto a rowboat. The boy in the background on a pier is King's grand-nephew David Witt Nye.
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Frank and Robert Drew King

Date: 09 1965
Description: Frank O. King and Robert Drew King relax outdoors in chairs at the Lake Flora Bell vacation home.
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Sparta Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Sparta Public Library. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "Carnegie bldg., 1903, cost $12,000. Architects, Schick & Rot...
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Boy Sitting on Pumpkin

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of a young boy sitting on top of a 93 lb. pumpkin grown by C.C. Warnka. The boy wears a knit jacket with a THS (possibly Tomah High School)...
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Wetherby Cranberry Company Farm

Date: 09 09 1922
Description: The farmhouse of the Wetherby Cranberry Company. At the time the farmhouse was owned by H. Kissinger. In the foreground is the corner of the water reservoi...
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Reservoir Bulkhead Used for Cranberry Irrigation

Date: 09 25 1922
Description: The reservoir bulkhead and watershed for the Edward Hableman cranberry marshes. The reservoir was part of the irrigation system used to flood the cranberry...
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Flooded Cranberry Marsh

Date: 07 24 1922
Description: A weed killing flood at Robert Rezin's Cranberry Marsh.
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Wisconsin National Guard Officers

Date: 1910
Description: Assembled group of Wisconsin National Guard officers at Camp McCoy. A few tents can be seen in the background at right.
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Civilian Conservation Corps Employees

Date: 1937
Description: A group portrait of the Motor Transportation and Utilities Department of the Sparta District CCC. Jacob Spreuer, junior dispatcher, is in the second row.
Postcard

Stage Coach

Date: 1863
Description: Photographic postcard of a stagecoach pulled by four horses in the road in front of a harness shop. Two men sit in the upper seat. A handful of people stan...
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Men at Joe Levine's Camp #4

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Description: A group portrait of the men at Joe Levine's camp no. 4. Included in the portrait are a dog, oxen, horses and a dead deer.

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