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Wisconsin Granite Company — Power House

Date: 1910
Description: View down railroad tracks toward a group of six men posing outdoors at the power house. There is a pile of large rocks near the group of men at the corner ...
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New Snow

Date: 1970
Description: New snow on the steps at Devil's Lake, with a broom leaning on the hand rail. Trees are in the background.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Merrimac train depot. Against the building a man poses on top of a ladder. He is repainting the exterior. There is a hou...
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Old and New School Building

Date: 1924
Description: Children play on makeshift seesaws created from construction materials outside the old schoolhouse.
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Workers in a Large Quarry

Date: 1911
Description: View of workers in a large quarry in Ableman. Several male workers are standing in the quarry among piles of rock with their work equipment.
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Shoemaker

Date: 1940
Description: A shoemaker in striped work jacket and a tie works on a machine in his shop.
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Hunting Stand in a Tree

Date: 1969
Description: A covered hunting stand rests in a large tree. The tree grows in an open field, with a hill and woods in the background.
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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Construction Workers at Dam Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a group of workers posing on the east bank of the Wisconsin River at the power dam construction site. One man is strumming his shovel like...
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Kehl Winery

Date: 02 18 1960
Description: Two young women looking at a wine making tool. Winery operated from 1867 to 1899. It later became a dance hall. Excerpt from Sauk Prairie Star, Sauk City, ...
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Men Working on Concrete Forms

Date: 1914
Description: A group of workmen posing while working on concrete forms at the Prairie du Sac dam site. Their position high above the water level affords an expansive up...
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Bernard Arms and Nofsinger Family

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: Bernard Arms is standing high on a scaffold attached to a house, while two women from the family of his neighbors, the Nofsingers, are standing below him o...
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Parson's Indian Trading Post

Date: 1940
Description: Several men, some in Native American dress, stand on the roof of Parson's Indian Trading Post. The building is designed to look like a pueblo.
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Farm Supply Store

Date: 09 1937
Description: An interior view of an unidentified farm supply store and International dealership, with banners advertising McCormick-Deering farm implements and tractors...
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Work on East End of Power Dam

Date: 05 09 1912
Description: Men with shovels working downstream from the east abutment, while other men are looking on.
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Parson's Indian Village

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Description: Exterior view of Parson's Indian Village, a tourist attraction on Highway 12 styled after a Zuni pueblo. Caption reads: "Zuni Pueblo-Parson's Indian Villag...
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Bathhouse at Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: An interior view of partially-built dressing court, showing men working at roughing in plumbing to floor drains of the bathhouse at Devil's Lake State Park...
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Locks at Power Dam

Date: 1913
Description: Looking across water and through the locks to a shoreline with a large hill in the background. A building is on the left, a wall and pilings are in the wat...
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Family Camping

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American (possibly Ho-Chunk) family rests at their campsite under a large tree. There is a bucket suspended over a small campfire.
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Devil's Lake CCC Workers Standing at a Saw

Date: 1935
Description: Group of Civilian Conservation Corps workers standing at a table saw. One man, probably a supervisor, wears a hat and tie.

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