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Wisconsin State Dept. of Natural Resources

Date: 1969
Description: Wisconsin State Department of Natural Resources Building, 4610 University Avenue.
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Railroad Mail Delivery

Date: 1876
Description: Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children...
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Tank Xing

Date: 1980
Description: Tank crossing sign at Camp McCoy.
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Esther Peterson

Date: 1932
Description: Esther Peterson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses leaning against a tree on a hill while holding a baseball bat. There is a road and f...
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Corduroy Road

Date: 1932
Description: Several old timbers are exposed on Mud Branch Road. A one-mile stretch of the road was originally constructed as a corduroy road because of "quick sand" in...
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The Tower at Black Point

Date: 10 1953
Description: A car sits on the drive at Black Point near the distinctive tower at the northwest corner of the house. The trees have lost their leaves.
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Von Platen Lumber Store

Date: 10 1918
Description: Three men are standing together on the front steps of the Von Platen Lumber building. W.A. Holt is on the right. Presumably one of these men is business ow...

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