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Chippewa Falls from the South Side

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Description: Elevated view from south side of the Chippewa River, with a bridge crossing it and buildings on both sides of the river. A bluff rises on the far side of t...
Map or Atlas

Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
Photograph

Elevated View of Residential Area

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view from Our Savior's Lutheran Church looking west into a residential area. The Methodist Church is in the background.
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Court of Honor

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Description: Court of Honor, W. Wisconsin Avenue, looking west from N. 9th Street. The Midsummer Festival monument (with eagle) and Gesu Church steeples are on the left...
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McCormick Grain Binder in Field near Church

Date: 1900
Description: Field of grain and a McCormick horse-drawn binder in a field near a church. There are no horses attached to the binder. A person on a horse-drawn buggy is ...
Painting

Yellowstone Church

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Description: A depiction of the Yellowstone Church of rural Lafayette County, just a few miles from the Kammerude farm. The church is built from locally quarried limest...
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Town Skyline

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Description: Elevated view of park-like, lightly-wooded area with Duncan Creek running through it. A dirt road runs over a bridge to the left. The skyline of Chippewa F...
Photograph

Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Description: Large group, probably a congregation, posed standing in front of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by a snow-covered road, east of the Jackson County Courtho...
Photograph

Church in Hixton

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Description: Frame house and church surrounded by snow-covered ground, probably in Hixton. First built in 1877 as a Congregational Church, it cost $2000. It later becam...
Photograph

Church and Houses

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Description: Church building and two frame houses.
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Church

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Description: Church, probably the Second Methodist Church, built in 1858 on the northwest corner of Fourth and Harrison Streets.
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Snow-Covered Road

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Description: Winter scene with a man driving a wagon pulled by a single horse down a snow-covered road past a group of people and a church, possibly the Methodist Episc...
Photograph

Caves House

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Description: Two-story wooden frame house surrounded by a picket fence. In the far background is the Jackson County Courthouse, possibly the Caves House.
Photograph

Large Group of People in front of Little Norway Church

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a large group of people, some posing sitting in wagons on the road, and others standing near the fence, in front of a church, pro...
Photograph

Town Scene, Toward the Hotel

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Description: View over town, including hotel and church, towards the Mississippi River. The far shoreline and bluffs are in the distance.
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Horse-drawn Hearse in the Snow

Date: 1910
Description: Martin Keefe, owner of the livery stable, drives a horse-drawn hearse, which has sled runners. The hearse was for the funeral of Mrs. Tom Hill. The buildin...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Mower with Ruins of Building

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man on a horse-drawn mower. In the background are the ruins of a large building, probably a church.
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View of Ephraim

Date: 1940
Description: A split rail fence in the foreground frames a view of Eagle Harbor and Ephraim from Peninsula State Park.
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Holy Hill

Date: 10 16 1930
Description: A group of men and women on horseback pausing during a fox hunt. They are in traditional fox hunting attire. The Basilica of Holy Hill is in the distance. ...

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