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Waushara County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: Waushara County Court House. There is a statue in the foreground and homes in the background. Caption reads: "Waushara County Court House, Wautoma, Wis."
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Waushara County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the court house. A man is standing on the right near the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Court House, Wautoma, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1970
Description: View down center of unpaved street looking west. Captions read: "Wautoma, Wis." and "Main Street Looking West".
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Wautoma High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Wautoma High School. Caption reads: "High School, Wautoma, Wis."
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Boothville Quick Stop

Date: 1940
Description: Mobil gas station constructed of split stone. Next door, offering ice cream, soda pop, and groceries to motorists near Silver Lake, was the Boothville groc...
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Woman and Daughter in Woods

Date: 1904
Description: Hand-colored stereograph of Mattie Sprague Attoe Du Mond and her daughter, Maudie, near the fish pond on John O. Evan's farm. Mattie holds a rifle; Maudie ...
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Wedding Party

Date: 1910
Description: Wedding party posed in front of the Edward Lindner home.
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24th Lane Bridge

Date: 08 02 1988
Description: Bridge over the Pine River.
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Field Cultivation

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant laborers hoe a cucumber field by hand. There is one worker in the foreground and two others in the background. Rows of seedlings extend across the ...
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Cucumber Field Cultivation

Date: 1967
Description: Ground-level view of a double row of workers cultivating a cucumber field with hoes.

Cultivando pepino

Vista desde el suelo de una línea ...
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Wautoma-Dakota Dump

Date: 1967
Description: Dump where discarded mattresses were resold to growers for migrant laborer camp use. A sign identifying the dump and its hours stands behind a barbed wire ...
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United Workers March to Madison

Date: 1966
Description: An Obreros Unidos (United Workers) member holding a sign, possibly like those in the background, that says "Juntarnos Para Ser Reconocidos/Hablar Para Ser ...
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Green Bay Food Company Camp

Date: 1966
Description: Buildings along an unpaved road served as a camp for migrant farm workers working for the Green Bay Food Company.

In 1946, more than 4,000 farmworkers fr...

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Cucumber Harvesting Machine

Date: 1968
Description: Two men are riding on a cucumber harvesting machine called the "Pickle Harvester" as labeled on the center between two lights. The man on the right, wearin...
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Father Gonzalez in Wautoma

Date: 1967
Description: At the center stands Father Antonio Gonzales, a former migrant worker from Rio Grande City, Texas, who is visiting his parents in Wautoma. In 1966, he led ...
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Texas Migrant Family

Date: 1967
Description: A family from Texas temporarily settles in Waushara County. Their white truck is parked in front of a grassy area and wooden house. The father is standing ...
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Communal Shower for Migrant Workers

Date: 1969
Description: A boy wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt and dark pants is barefoot and standing to the left of a communal shower hut for migrant farm workers in a Waut...
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Howes Corners Cemetery

Date: 1960
Description: The entrance gate to Howes Corners Cemetery on Beechnut Avenue. The large tree in the center has a downed limb which has fallen over some of the graves.
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Crystal Ball

Date: 1966
Description: "On Groundhog Day, Andrew J. Mueller went out early with his camera and set up a crystal ball to aid the groundhog in his predictions. He set up the camera...
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Boys Selling "La Voz Mexicana"

Date: 1967
Description: Two boys standing on the sidewalk are distributing "La Voz Mexicana" ("The Mexican Voice"), the official newspaper of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a un...

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