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Marathon Paper Mills Company

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Marathon Paper Mills Company in winter. In 1956, Marathon sold the Ashland plant to the American Can Company, before that, the Menasha Company ...
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Shoestring School

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Description: View of the one-room schoolhouse, located 2 1/2 miles south of Dickeyville.
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Laxey Church

Date: 1947
Description: Laxey Church, built prior to the Civil War, was named after Laxey in the Isle of Man, from which many of the immigrants had come. There is a cemetery with ...
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Tavern

Date: 1926
Description: View of a tavern set in a neighborhood, and surrounded by houses and trees.
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Catholic Church, Vermont, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: View of a Roman Catholic church.
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Leonard House

Date: 1920
Description: Leonard House on Middleton Road.
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Reed Residence

Date: 1867
Description: View across road towards the home of Curtis Reed.
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Skofstad Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior side view of Skofstad cabin, possibly the oldest building in the settlement. An early pastor of a Norwegian Lutheran Church, Reverend Stub, lived ...
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Brisbois Grave

Date: 1920
Description: View of the top of the Brisbois grave, tomb of Michael Brisbois.
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Brisbois Grave

Date: 1920
Description: Brisbois grave, a view of the tomb of Michael Brisbois.
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Oley Nelson

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Description: Photographic calling card of Oley Nelson, Department Commander, Iowa G.A.R (Grand Army of the Republic).
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Sig Olson and Sons

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Description: Sigurd Olson with his sons, Robert and Sig Jr., after a duck hunt.
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Olson's Wolf Trip

Date: 1927
Description: Sigurd Olson, left, traveling by dogsled with game hunter Uiho Salminen as part of his study of predator control for his master's degree.
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Barn and Chicken Coop

Date: 1914
Description: View of a barn and chicken coop, used to illustrate the poor quality of the coop.
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Hogs

Date: 1933
Description: Three hogs feed on the Larson farm. There are farm wagons in the background and snow on the ground.
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Centralia Pulp and Paper Mill Historic Marker

Date: 06 02 1962
Description: Mrs. Vida Calkins and Mrs. Caroline Mott, descendants of the founders of the Centralia Mill, standing in front of the historical marker honoring the work o...
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Mears Family

Date: 1906
Description: Five people posing in an automobile parked in front of a large frame house. The house is identified as the birthplace of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1...
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Louise Mears Fargo and Her Children

Date: 1914
Description: Louise Mears Fargo (1866-1925) posing for a profile, three-quarter length standing portrait beside the front porch of the family home on Mulberry Street. S...
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Louise Mears Fargo

Date: 1914
Description: Helen Mears Fargo (1866-1925) posing while standing in a three-quarter length portrait in front of the porch of the Fargo family home on Mulberry Street. S...
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Strawberry Time

Date: 1913
Description: A group of finely dressed men and women posing in a strawberry field. There are buildings in the background. The people are identified in a handwritten ca...

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