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| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops. Farm fields and houses are in the background. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over farm fields in the foreground and town in the distance, with low rolling hills in the far background. Buildings that stand out are St Lu... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill... |
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| Description: | Wooden church with a bell tower and a stable in the back on the right. Fences and fields are in the background. |
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| Description: | View along railroad tracks towards a group of men and boys standing on a platform in front of the Preston Depot while a locomotive arrives. In the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View across road of a white wooden church with a belfry, and a weather vane on top of the steeple. There is decorative running trim on the eaves. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Six men, a young boy and a woman stand outside on the porch and road in front of the General Store. There is a sign for "Star Brand Shoes" posted on the ro... |
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| Description: | View across graveyard of the Old Welsh Church. The Jenkins family tombstones are in the foreground. Separating the cemetery from the church is a wooden fen... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down path towards a general store with a gas pump on the porch near a sign for Red Crown Gasoline. Two men are working on a car parked in front. Behin... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A view from shoreline below a bridge that crosses the Wisconsin River. There are two signs on the upper level of the bridge. One is for weight limit and th... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A scenic view over rolling hills with a road leading to the horizon. There are trees, fields and farm buildings on the left. In the foreground on the right... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of high school, which is a brick building with a ground floor, first floor and attic. A flag pole is above the entrance which has double door... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of the front and side of the M.E. Church, which is a wood frame building. Above the entrance is a bell tower with a weather vane. Near t... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved road towards an intersection on Main Street. On the left is a two-story wood frame building with two men and a dog on the porch and poste... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A one-story wood frame school with a lightning rod or flagpole on the bell tower. A hand water pump is near the front entrance, and a tire swing is wrapped... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of James Mine with a field and fence in the foreground. Tram tracks lead from the tall building to large piles of rocks. There are steep stai... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Copeland Mine. Entry building, with tram tracks suspended high on scaffolding and piles of rocks below. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the Old Mill, a stone building which has no roof and is missing window glass. Behind on the left is an abandoned shed. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across road towards Chaney's Cash General Store. Behind trees on the left is a house and windmill. Laundry is drying behind the store on the right. A ... |
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