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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o... |
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| Description: | Three small children with a wagon drawn by a dog. |
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| Description: | The bi-plane constructed by Melvin Thompson during the years 1918-1920 on his farm near the former quarry in Lamont Township. |
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| Description: | Calm river with a rocky island or outcrop in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Man and woman using a double-handled saw to clear trees from their land. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Jackson Family ranch in Nesson on Native American trading route. |
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| Description: | A man fixes a flat tire on an early model Ford automobile. Another man stands to the side of the road, and a woman wearing a hat with a large ribbon waits ... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | An International Scout truck, with top removed, parked in a field in front of a wooded area. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Group of seven people seated in a field and eating raw potatoes. The family dog is also present. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A deteriorating wooden structure with two gables on the front, identified as the Red Tavern between Kilbourn and Mauston, built in 1848. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Young boy on a horse-drawn mower in a field. A man is standing nearby. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin author August Derleth standing in front of his Sauk City home, "the Place of the Hawks." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view from the rear of man on manure spreader drawn by two horses in field. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Special Trip: Oldest sod house in Platte Valley, 1886, H.W. Roberts." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Albert Knowles, brother-in-law of William Wade, at Herrling Farm. The Greenbush Baptist Church is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Rudolf Herrling farm looking west from the sawmill platform. Three men are near horses and carts in a fenced-in area. In the background is the farmhouse. |
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| Description: | A man drilling a hole in a sugar maple tree, for extracting the sap, using a hand drill. A bucket is hanging on the opposite side of the tree under a tap. ... |
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