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Gathering Maple Syrup

Date: 1945
Description: Two men and a child in Granton (vicinity), Clark County, Wisconsin. They are gathering maple syrup with a horse-drawn sled.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: The family whose farm was the location where the alleged murderers were captured is pictured left to right: Anthony Pomputis, a friend of Robert Winslow, (...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Neighbors of the Pomputis family and newspaper reporters wait on a highway near the farm where the confessed murderers were hiding.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Sheriff Edward (Ace) Fischer, prisoner Robert Winslow, and Officer Ray Case, seated in an automobile with a man and woman looking in the window.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Buford Sennett, confessed murderer, soon after his capture at the Pomputis farm, sitting between a police officer and the driver of the car.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: The farm of the Pomputis family near Longwood, where Sennett and Winslow hid out and were captured.
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Children

Date: 1926
Description: An off-centered group portrait of schoolchildren and an adult female in a forest setting.
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Class Portrait

Date: 1926
Description: Group portrait of schoolchildren with an adult female in a forest setting.
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School Children Group Portrait

Date: 1926
Description: Group portrait of schoolchildren with an adult female in a forest setting.
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Old Mill

Date: 1924
Description: The Humbird Roller Mill surrounded by rural landscape. A man leads on a porch beam as he poses for the picture.
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Armory Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Date: 05 12 1990
Description: Wisconsin Adjutant General Jerald Slack cuts the ribbon to dedicate a new armory. With him (left) are Abbotsford Mayor, Duane Grube, and Congressman David ...
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Shire and Cleveland Horses

Date: 1895
Description: Purebred Shire and Cleveland bay mares graze on the Neillsville Stock Farm, with haystacks, barn, and a large stripped tree in the center.
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Hampshire Down Sheep

Date: 1895
Description: A group of purebred Hampshire Down ewes stand in a field of rapeseed. In the background behind fences are more fields, and a group of horses grazing. There...
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Joseph Steinwand Cheese Factory

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior of the Joseph Steinwand Cheese Factory, with a windmill and scrap lumber scattered along the fence.
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Scene at Thorp

Date: 1927
Description: A street scene with the train depot on the left. An automobile parked on the street side. A seed store on the next block with someone entering it. There is...
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Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: A view of downtown Thorp. Lampposts lining the street on both sides. Cars parked at the curbs on both sides. A couple cars driving away down the street. On...
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Obey at the Fair

Date: 1976
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey chats with a constituent manning the dairy bar as part of a campaign shoot.
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Talking to the Public

Date: 1977
Description: Congressman David R. Obey, with his back to the camera, chats with two of his constituents at the Clark County Fair.
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Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: View uphill towards the central business district. Commercial buildings on the left include a service station and Hotel Thorp. On the right are commercial ...
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Public School

Date: 1927
Description: A view of the public school, a large two-story brick building with a belfry. Young trees lining the pathway to the entrance.

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