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North View of Grand Stand at Inter County Fair

Date: 11 19 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "North view of Grand Stand at Inter County Fair, Spring Green, Wis." Two women are walking on the track in the foreground. In the back...
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Lake Delton Airport Owner, Manager and Son

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Group portrait of three men: the Lake Delton airport owner, likely William J. Newman (center), manager and son standing in front of the prop of an airplane...
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Lake Delton Airport Owner

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Outdoor portrait of a man, likely William J. Newman, standing in front of the prop of an airplane.
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Man Posed on Rock Formation

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Description: A man poses on a rock formation named "Devil's Doorway" at Devil's Lake State Park. The lake is visible in the background.
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Reedsburg Mill Independence

Date: 04 1954
Description: Several men are standing and sitting around a desk, where one man is signing a document. A calendar for the Norris Wholesale Corporation is on the wall beh...
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Dawn Manor Historic Marker

Date: 05 20 1955
Description: Elevated view over crowd towards speaker during Women's Auxiliary 5th annual pilgrimage to historic sites in Wisconsin. Over 200 members and guests made th...
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Alex Jordan at House on the Rock

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Description: Alex Jordan, creator of House on the Rock, eating and drinking with a group of men sitting around a table.
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Taxidermist Cart

Date: 1907
Description: A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt...
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Group of Pilgrims at St. Anne's Shrine

Date: 1928
Description: Pilgrims gathered outside the shrine. Many of the people are sitting on the ground among the tree. There are banners hanging in front of the stone chapel.
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Sauk County Conscripts

Date: 05 27 1918
Description: A group of more than 70 draftees poses on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse on the day they left Baraboo for Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Most...
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Sauk County Conscripts

Date: 05 06 1918
Description: A group of 32 draftees pose on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse before leaving Baraboo for Columbus Barracks in Ohio. There are paper tags attached ...
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Eight Men

Date: 1925
Description: Seven men, five in work clothes and two wearing suits pose on the steps in front of a wooden building, which is a machine shop, with large paned windows. O...
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Man and Woman Seated on a Hillside

Date: 1898
Description: Man and woman seated on an overgrown hillside. The woman has ferns on her lap and is holding an umbrella. Inscribed on reverse of original mount: "B.D.L. a...
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Sauk City Main Street

Date: 1924
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a soda shop/confectioner, with two women and a baby carriage on the sidewalk in front. Further down is a ch...
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Entrance to Congress Hall

Date: 1925
Description: A man and woman pose at the wooden walkway among the rock formations of Congress Hall, on the Dell View Resort property.
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School Class at Merrimac

Date: 1890
Description: A large class stands outside a school. Front row, left to right: Stella Nuzum, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mabel Devlin, Mary Devlin, unknown, Alice Odekirk...
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Lewis and Otis Arms

Date: 1957
Description: Lewis Arms (left, wearing a hat) poses with his arm around his uncle Otis Arms, probably at Bernard Arms's farm. There is a woman in a field walking away i...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 10 1900
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., waving a flag from the back of a train as he campaigns for governor.
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Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 2009
Description: Local historian and Al. Ringling Theatre docent, Robert C. Dewel, seated at the Al. Ringling Theatre's "Mighty Barton" organ.
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The La Valle Story Photographs

Date: 05 03 1949
Description: Bill Frazier, an all-state basketball player for Reedsburg High School, visiting with Lavalle Junior High School principal Franklin Head, with students Rog...

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