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School Children Folk Dancing

Date: 1919
Description: School children dancing in a circle to music from a Victrola phonograph as women look on. The children are outdoors, possibly in a rural schoolyard.
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Convict Labor During World War I

Date: 09 1917
Description: South Carolina convicts building a road at Camp Wadsworth near Spartenberg in preparation for the camp's use as a National Guard training camp. The prisone...
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World War I Training

Date: 08 1917
Description: World War I recruits scramble over an obstacle during their training, while others watch in the background.
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Ella Hoes Neville Well and Marker

Date: 1933
Description: Two people stand in front of the Ella Hoes Neville well and historic marker, with two insets with close-up views of its architecture.
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Main Street

Date: 1920
Description: Main Street.
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Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: A view of the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse.
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Men Harvesting Hay in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Three men using pitchforks to lift hay onto a wagon drawn by two horses.
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Memorial Fountain at Vilas Park

Date: 1926
Description: View of Memorial Fountain at Vilas Park. The lower two statues are of children and the center fountain is of a mother and child.
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Aerial View of Residential Area

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Valley Fair Mall, with a residential area beyond it on both sides of a river, all surrounded by trees and farmland.
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Man with Plano Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: Man standing outdoors beside a Plano grain binder. On the machine is stamped: "Manufactured by The Plano Mfg. Co. / Plano Ill's." There appears to be a cem...
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The West Cottage and the Home Cottage

Date: 10 24 1906
Description: The West Cottage and the Home Cottage as they appear on page 4 of the Cecil W. Smith Hillside Home School Photograph Album.
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Frank Cooper Home

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Description: View across fence towards a man and woman posing on the porch of a two-story wood-frame house. The home is identified as the residence of Frank Cooper at 4...
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Ed Locken Residence

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Description: View from street towards a man and a girl posing on the porch of a two-story wood-frame house. Identified as the Ed Locken Residence, northeast corner of 4...
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Johnny Johnson Residence

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Description: View towards a man, a woman and four children standing posing near the picket fence of a two-story wood-frame house. Identified as Residence built by A. Hy...
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Residence of Petra Kjorstad

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Description: View across road and fence towards a two-story wood-frame house. A man is standing on the porch next to an infant in a baby carriage. A wooden sidewalk lea...
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William O'Hearn Residence

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Description: Outdoor view across lawn towards a two-story wood-frame house. Flowers in vases and plants in pots are arranged on the porch, and a dog is standing in the ...
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W. Maddocks Residence

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Description: View across fence and lawn towards a two-story wood frame house with a wrap-around porch. A man, two women and two children are standing on the porch. Iden...
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Residence of Petra Kjorstad

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Description: View of a two-story wood frame house. A rocking chair is on the front porch. Identified as the home of Petra Kjorstad, 417 Monroe Street.
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Chippewa Falls Deer Hunters

Date: 1947
Description: Five deer hunters are posing with their rifles and seven killed deer and one small animal (possibly a rabbit) hanging from a buck pole behind them. A log b...

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