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Wisconsin Granite Company — Crushing Plant

Date: 1910
Description: View down two sets of railroad tracks. There is an empty cart on the left set of tracks, and one cart full of large pieces of stone on the right set of tra...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View across the bottom of a quarry toward a group of men posing around a horse who appears to be pulling an open railroad car on railroad tracks. Steep cli...
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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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Picnic at Pere du Sac

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Description: Three women and two men posing against a car. The car is parked near some trees and overlooking a body of water. A caption identifies four of the people as...
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Fern Dells

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fern Dells, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin)." Rock formations, trees, boathouse, boat and dock on the sho...
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Rock's Round Barn

Date: 1963
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Rock's Round Barn on Highway U.S. 14 near Spring Green, Wisconsin, is a very unique restaurant featuring a new and novel 'salad bar...
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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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Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin River Bridge, Spring Green, Wis." A truss bridge with eight spans over the Wisconsin River on State Highway 14. The bridge ...
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Rest Haven Motel

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Rest Haven Motel. Air Conditioned - Free TV - Room Phones. Free Coffee - Free Golf. 'The Best In Rest' John and Catherine Michels. ...
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Lovers Lane

Date: 08 14 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "Lovers Lane, Sauk City, Wis." An unpaved, rural road with a wooden guard rail on both sides. A sign reads: "Automobiles Go Slow." Beh...
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Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1908
Description: Text handwritten on right: "Wis. River Bridge, Sauk City, Wis." A view straight through the bridge girders to the opposite side. Signs can be seen on the o...
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Van Hise Rock

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Van Hise Rock, Rock Springs, Wis." The formation has a road along the base with trees growing above. Text on the reverse: "Rock Sprin...
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Winter Scene

Date: 1959
Description: Wooded country lane along the Wisconsin River, covered with new snow and fairy frost.
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Lumber Pile

Date: 1911
Description: Stack of logs with the caption "Piles to be used for extending R.R. to dam site."
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Spring Green-Plain Road

Date: 06 1950
Description: View across a gently sloping prairie field. Trees are in the distance, and power lines and a road are on the left. The Highway Commission descriptive remar...
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Aerial View of Lake Delton Airport

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Aerial view of Lake Delton airport.
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Gardner Plane Crash Blamed on Heavy Fog

Date: 06 26 1957
Description: Area residents check the wreckage of the plane near LaRue, about 15 miles west of Baraboo. Mrs. Ed Meyer (standing between the two trees with folded hands)...
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Gardner Plane Crash Blamed on Heavy Fog

Date: 06 26 1957
Description: Sauk County Deputy Melvin Albers points out the direction that the light plane took as it crashed through a forest near Baraboo, taking the lives of Louis ...
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A Day at the Beach

Date: 1935
Description: A man and his wife are wearing swimming suits and posing sitting on the beach. Each of them is holding a small child in their laps. People are standing and...
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Sauk City, Wis., Bank

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Description: Exterior view of a small bank. A horse-and-carriage is hitched outside the bank, and a house is behind it.

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