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Cornfield in Early Snow

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: A corner of a cornfield in an early snow.
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Family Farm House

Date: 1879
Description: Harold and Gunhild Mickelson with five of their daughters (Bertha Mickelson Bragger and her husband are standing on the right), in Section 23 of the Town o...
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East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: The congregation of the East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church and visiting ministers are gathered for the church dedication. The church was formerly Norsk Evang...
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Blue Mounds Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View down a rocky rural lane near West Blue Mounds. Zigzag stake and rider split-rail fencing enclose a farmstead, which includes a barn, a frame house, ha...
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Andreas Dahl's Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Andrew Dahl's wagon is on the side of a two-story log house in Blue Mounds. On one side of the wagon cover is "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." On the ba...
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View of the Dining Table

Date: 1876
Description: "View of the Dining Table" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views", showing a long banquet tab...
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View of the Interior of a Church

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: "View of the interior of the church" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." The church was d...
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East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church

Date: 1872
Description: East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church, built in 1868. The church was formerly the Norsk Evangelisk Lutheranisk Kirke.
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Iver B. Lund and Wife

Date: 1876
Description: Half of a double portrait of Ever or Iver B. Lund and wife, of Blue Mounds, Blue Valley. He was a tailor by trade. Note his withered left leg.
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Old Race Course through the Woods

Date: 1930
Description: View of a wide path through trees in the spring or summer.
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Remains of Racetrack

Date: 1930
Description: Remains of the racetrack on the top of Blue Mound.
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Blue Mounds School House #1

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Description: Spring or summer view of a large, white school house, and a few trees in front of it. Caption reads: "School, Blue Mounds, Wis."
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East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: The congregation of the East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church and visiting ministers are gathered for the church dedication. The church was formerly Norsk Evang...
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East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church

Date: 1876
Description: East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church, formerly Norsk Evangelisk Kirke, built in 1868. The graves of Andreas L. Dahl's mother, Berthe Nelsdatter (Lund) Dahlen, ...
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the town, including the central business district.
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison W...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Mt. Horeb children and adults splashing in the Bluemound pool during a Red Cross swimming class.
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Children leaving the truck hired by the Red Cross Chapter of Mt. Horeb to drive them to a swimming class at the Bluemounds pool.
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Radio Station WIBA Building under Construction

Date: 12 20 1947
Description: Exterior view of the new building for radio station WIBA under construction. There are piles of snow and building supplies around an entrance.
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WIBA-FM Tower

Date: 05 26 1948
Description: WIBA-FM, 45,000 watts, tower was built at Blue Mounds Park, and radiated power starting about June 10, 1948. WIBA was established in 1925 by The Capital...

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