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Menomonie Indian Reservation

Date: 1920
Description: Sign for the toll road at Big Smoky Falls on the Wolf River. The sign reads: "Big Smoky Falls of the Wolf River. Many years ago before 1925 there was no ro...
Photograph

Indian Crossing

Date: 1925
Description: View of the Indian crossing at Chain O' Lakes.
Photograph

Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association Exhibit

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association exhibit advertised in the storefront of a building in New London, Wisconsin. Two women are looking through the wind...
Photograph

Ward Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: A three-story wooden structure with front porch identified as the Ward Hotel by a large sign on the front of the building. Several automobiles are parked d...
Book or Pamphlet

Topp-Stewart Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Interior pages of a brochure advertising the Topp-Stewart four-wheel drive tractor. Two photographs of men using the tractor, one in snow and one in a farm...
Photograph

Readfield

Date: 1920
Description: Copy photograph of a man and boy standing at the road. This location would later become the site of Jung's General Store. The photograph has a horse and bu...
Photograph

Readfield

Date: 1920
Description: Copy photograph depicting a man and boy standing in the road. This location would later become the site of Jung's General Store.
Photograph

Saloon

Date: 1920
Description: Copy photograph of the exterior of a saloon. A group of men lounge on the porch of the establishment.
Photograph

Readfield Street

Date: 1920
Description: Copy photograph depicting storefronts along a street. This location would later become the site of Jung's General Store.
Photograph

Rock-Strewn Hillside

Date: 1925
Description: Heavily rock-strewn hillside and rail fence.
Postcard

Main Street, Clintonville

Date: 1920
Description: Looking down center of Main Street. Printed in the message section on the back: "A view of one of the Two-Course Reinforced Concrete Pavements in the City ...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1920
Description: View from street towards the high school. There are children on the sidewalks in front of the building. Caption reads: "High School, Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1920
Description: A view of one of the two-course reinforced concrete pavements constructed by the C. Petersen Construction Company, of Kenosha, under the direction of W.F. ...
Photograph

Woman and Children in Buggy

Date: 1922
Description: Group portrait of Christine Peterson and her two children, Laurie and Muriel, sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. In the background is a building ...
Photograph

James Peterson with Picnic Basket in Field

Date: 1922
Description: View across field towards James Peterson sitting on a blanket holding a basket. In the background are trees.
Photograph

Baby on Landing of Building

Date: 1922
Description: View across the yard towards James Peterson sitting on a landing near the open door of a house or farm building with two windows. Stacked on a crate near t...
Photograph

Two Men Posing with Cow

Date: 1922
Description: Two men are posing with a cow in a field under trees. One of the men is sitting as if milking the cow with one hand, while he is drinking from a bottle wit...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1922
Description: View down center of an unpaved Main Street with commercial buildings along sidewalks. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked near the curb and moving further down...
Photograph

Man Drinking from Stoneware Jug

Date: 1922
Description: View across field towards a man standing and taking a drink from a stoneware jug. Beside him on the left is a team of two horses attached to a plow. Both h...
Photograph

Laurie Peterson Telling Fish Story to his Cousins

Date: 1922
Description: View towards Laurie Peterson sitting on a boat pulled up on the shore, gesturing with his hands spread apart, telling a story to his two cousins, Alton and...

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