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| Date: | 05 31 1965 |
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| Description: | A row of sculptured horses and a cow's head at the Creative Display Company, currently known as the FAST Corporation. |
| Date: | 08 09 1931 |
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| Description: | Electric switchboard at Dependent Children's Home. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Records room at the State Public School. Volumes of "analyzed accounts" are seen in the foreground, and small drawers line the right wall. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Laundry room at the State Public School, with large range equipment featured. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Dining hall at the State Public School, with numerous tables and place settings. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the State Public School grounds, with numerous school buildings. |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 11 02 1936 |
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| Description: | A man loads a milk can into a McCormick-Deering milk cooler at the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Behind the drugstore, looking downstream. The water under the bridge is full of construction debris. |
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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... |
| Date: | 05 31 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a farm with a round barn. A truck and farmhouse is behind and to the left in a grove of trees. |
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