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Aerial View of Contour Strip Farming

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background.
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Panoramic View of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map over the Mississippi River of Fountain City. Paddle steamers and steamboats are on the river, and bluffs are in the background.
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Van Hise Dormitories Under Construction

Date: 12 1925
Description: Elevated view of the Van Hise Dormitories under construction: Adams, Tripp, Carson Gulley Commons, and a view of Picnic Point, at the University of Wiscons...
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: View of the Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff.
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Moraine Topography

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Description: View of glaciated land showing moraines.
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Steamboat on Wisconsin River

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Description: Steamboat near a cliff on the Wisconsin River, presumably in the Wisconsin Dells.
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873.
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York Iron Works

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Description: View down hill of York Iron Works. On the left are charcoal kilns, and in the far background is the town.
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The Lure of Devil's Lake

Date: 1920
Description: A hand-tinted photograph of a tree-framed scene along the shore of Devil's Lake is mounted on a piece of beige paper. A large bluff dominates the backgroun...
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A Log Cabin and a Field

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Description: View of a log cabin at the foot of a hill, with a field in the foreground.
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Man Driving Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: Left side view of Wayne Pattison driving a Farmall H tractor pulling a McCormick-Deering disc 7 in a field.
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View from Gibraltar Rock

Date: 1940
Description: A view from the top of Gibraltar Rock showing a portion of the bluff, left, and rolling fields and woodlands beyond. There is a pond or stream on the right...
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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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Dundee Kame

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Description: View across a field toward a kame, a cone-shaped hill formed by water pouring down through a hole in a melting glacier.
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Perrot State Park

Date: 1952
Description: View of Perrot State Park from the opposite shore of the Mississippi river.

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