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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Watching the Monitor

Date: 04 11 1986
Description: Schoolgirl watches the monitor as she types her story on a word processor.
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Mock Convention

Date: 11 01 1968
Description: A mock presidential political convention at a middle school.
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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Antique Cars on Display

Date: 08 18 1987
Description: At a Hartford antique show, a man looks over a well-maintained Model T Ford. In the background other people inspect more vintage automobiles.
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Vintage Airplanes

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Vintage aircraft always attract attention. In 1988 on their way to the EAA convention, the national organization of owners of World War II trainers made a ...
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Caning Chairs

Date: 10 17 1968
Description: An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged.
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Model Train

Date: 03 03 1987
Description: Members of the Kettle Moraine Railroad Club operate an HO gauge railroad on a 7x25 foot platform at a weekend model railroad show.
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Wisconsin Central Train

Date: 1903
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway locomotive No. 207 and train No. 6 and the depot. The locomotive was built by the Brooks Locomotive Works in 1890, and scrapped i...
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The Old Wood Train

Date: 03 29 1933
Description: "The old wood train." It is a class H3 train built in 1880 by Manchester Locomotive Works. John Rhine, the engineer, is shown. A large group of men are sta...
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Rugby Junction

Date: 07 30 1938
Description: Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway's locomotive #704 photographed at Rugby Junction, where the train made a connection with the main line ...
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Light Show at the Fair

Date: 07 26 1966
Description: Several young people pause behind the fence to look at a midway ride in action at the Washington County Junior Fair.
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Dhein Tavern

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Description: View of the tavern, with a woman in a long dress and a dog on the front lawn. Carriage house, stables, and smoke house are in the rear. The tavern was bui...
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Brewers House

Date: 1976
Description: Brewer's house, a half-timbered Prussian-Colonial style of architecture, built about 1855.
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Brewers House

Date: 1976
Description: Brewer's house (Saxonia House) with driveway, front entrance, and trees. Built about 1855, it is a half-timbered Greek Revival type of architecture. Loacte...
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1890
Description: German Methodist Episcopal Church with a cemetery. The congregation was organized in 1859 and the church was put up in the early 1860's. The church is no l...
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1890
Description: Driveway leading to the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1890
Description: Front entrance to the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Balian House

Date: 07 1958
Description: Balian House, formerly the Lincoln School.
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Balian House

Date: 07 1958
Description: Balian House, formerly the Lincoln School.

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