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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Located at 402 South Main Street, Henry E. Kochenderfer's service station, which opened in 1933, proudly dispensed Phillips 66 gasoline from three pumps o... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Located at 2089 Atwood Avenue, a former service station was successfully transformed into a diner — Monty's Blue Plate Diner. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | This contemporary station and convenience store was built in 2004 but harkens back to the early decades of the twentieth century when communities pressured... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | In the early 1920s, Prussian immigrant John Bosch constructed a simple, rectangular brick service garage with a canted corner at a prime location: the inte... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | The station at 480 East Main Street was built around 1939-1940. Despite having a string of owners, the building has experienced very little change in appea... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Robert Broetzman's tribute to the history of gasoline. |
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| Description: | A view from the sidewalk of the courthouse (possibly) in Mt. Vernon. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | William and Edna Knueppel and Harry, Sr. and Leona Geschke farmed on this property before the Jasters took possession. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | Jesse and Janet Paul, who live across from this barn, at W155 West Bend Road, have been here for 33 years. Jesse has been wheelchair-bound for 11 years. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | These barn buildings are owned by Ken Schoebel, who lives up the West Bend Road. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | John and Tammy Roecker with their children Cayla 3, Courtlyn 4, and (not pictured) Cody & Cassie. They live across the road from this barn at W4161 Mountai... |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | The Roeckers, who live across the road, have lived there for 1 1/2 years. These farm buildings are owned by Rob Ehlers of Mayville. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | This barn, at 1915 Hwy 28, is owned by Roy and Sandy Lichtenberg. The last time cows were milked here was in 1988. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from center field of baseball game being played in Fletcher's Park. A group of spectators are sitting under a covered grandstand on the right. Caption... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A benefit gathering at James Rector People's Park to support the United Farmworkers (UFW) grape boycott. The UFW sign, with its eagle symbol, posted in th... |
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| Description: | View from street of the second home of Matthew Witt, photographer, located on the corner of Julius Street and American Legion Drive. Two motorcycles are pa... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored exterior of Matthew Witt's photography studio. He is standing at the door with his hand on the doorknob. Photographic prints are hanging in th... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | At the center stands Father Antonio Gonzales, a former migrant worker from Rio Grande City, Texas, who is visiting his parents in Wautoma. In 1966, he led ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A child worker wearing a short sleeve plaid shirt, dark pants and no shoes is carrying grapefruit from a Texas grove on his shoulder. He is looking into th... |
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