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| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View across fields towards the Genoa Dam on the Mississippi River. Tree-covered hills are on the left. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Lewis Arms sitting on a sled in the snow at his uncle Otis Arms's farm, Hillsboro (Vernon Co.), Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Otis Arms, uncle of Lewis Arms, poses in front of an automobile. He is dressed in a suit. |
| Date: | 04 1957 |
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| Description: | LuRay Arms and Otis Arms tending a fire while making maple syrup outdoors. |
| Date: | 04 1957 |
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| Description: | Three men from the Arms family making maple syrup outdoors. From left to right are: Lewis, Bernard, and Otis Arms. |
| Date: | 08 07 1951 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated group portrait of people posed on and around a crane and waving at the groundbreaking ceremony for St. Joseph's Memorial Hospital. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | An official and workmen at Hillsboro Canning Plant examining a a large truckload of corn as it's dumped into a huge unloading platform. The individuals pic... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A man dressed as Santa Claus leans down from an open car to hand sacks of candy to a crowd of warmly-dressed children and parents. Santa's visit took place... |
| Date: | 07 19 1955 |
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| Description: | The Nation's First Watershed Project historical marker commemorates the large-scale soil and water conservation project that began in Coon Creek in 1933. S... |
| Date: | 08 24 1958 |
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| Description: | The dedication of Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, U.S. Navy historical marker in Hillsboro, the birthplace of Admiral Mitscher. Participants in the dedication an... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the church. The entrance and steeple are on the right. Caption reads: "First Congregational Church, Hillsboro, Wis." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the public school, a brick one-story building. Caption reads: "Public School, Hillsboro, Wis." |
| Date: | 07 30 1958 |
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| Description: | 295 members of the Vernon County Homemakers group boarded buses in Viroqua to travel to the Wisconsin Governor's Mansion in Maple Bluff. The women are show... |
| Date: | 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Ski jumping at Timber Coulee. A large crowd is gathered to watch. Today it is named Snowflake Ski & Golf Club. It is host to a ski jumping tournament since... |
| Date: | 10 1955 |
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| Description: | Shocks of corn are lined up in a cornfield during harvest. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Viroqua, Wis." On reverse: "U.S. Government Dam on the Mississippi River." A cargo barge is about to pass through lock... |
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