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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across yard towards a residence. Caption reads: "Residence Scene Osceola, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the old mill building on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Osceola, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk on left side of bridge towards Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Looking North, Osceola, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Osceola High School, with people standing near the entrance. Caption reads: "High School Building, Osceola, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | The football team of clear Lake High School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Senator, is second from the left in the front row. |
| Date: | 09 1925 |
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| Description: | The Clear Lake election board inside the town hall. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Students sitting in a classroom in the Clear Lake School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and a United States senator, is sitting at the front ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The manufacture of bricks was begun on this spot sometime in the latter 1860's by Henry Bretag, a German brickmaker, the father of Mrs. Englehardt. Brick ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The band poses for a group portrait, most likely in front of a school building; the boys are dressed in uniform and are holding their instruments. Gaylord ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Harriman Avenue in the residential district. A little girl is standing with her baby carriage on the sidewalk between a telep... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Oscar Steinkopf and his horse Jim. They are haying on Steinkopf's 40-acre farm. The photograph was taken by Alvin Steinkopf, Oscar's son, a Milwaukee journ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Alvin Steinkopf (left), a Milwaukee journalist, dressed for work on the farm of his parents, Mathilda and Oscar Steinkopf. The Steinkopfs farmed 40 acres n... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Oscar Steinkopf feeding the chickens on his 40-acre farm near Luck. Feeding the chickens was traditionally considered women's work and perhaps Steinkopf wa... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A brochure with a map of Interstate Park on the Dalles of the Saint Croix River, showing locations of the north and south camp grounds, the fish hatcheries... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | This road map of Polk County, Wisconsin, has been annotated to show the location of historic sites in the county and is accompanied by a 1980 directory of ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This map of Polk County, Wisconsin, from the early 20th century shows the land for sale by the Cushing Land Agency of Saint Croix Falls. The township and r... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | This map of Polk County, Wisconsin, from the early 20th century shows the land for sale by the Baker Land and Title Co. of Saint Croix Falls. The township ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Map shows townships, schools, creameries, post offices, and roads. The left side of the map features a legend with symbols for points of interest. |
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