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Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library

Date: 1910
Description: The Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library. Caption reads: "L. D. Fargo Library, Lake Mills, Wis."
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Moravian Church

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the Moravian Church. Caption reads: "Moravian Church, Lake Mills, Wis."
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Mulberry Street

Date: 1912
Description: View down street towards houses on the right. Caption reads: "Mulberry Steret, Lake Mills, Wis."
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L.D. Fargo Public Library

Date: 1950
Description: The Lorenzo Dow Fargo Public Library building is partially obscured by trees in this photographic postcard. The stone, Gothic revival building has a centra...
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Frank Fargo Advertisement

Date: 1904
Description: An advertising card includes a photograph of a man in an open carriage holding the reins of a team of Holstein-Friesian cattle. Two well-dressed men are si...
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West Lake Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across intersection towards a central business district, with a printer, a meat market, and a livery stable. A small crowd is gathered on the sidewalk...
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Rock Lake Hotel

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Description: Hand-colored elevated view from across the street toward a three-story hotel with verandas on the second and third floors. People are sitting on the lawn o...
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Willow Dale at North End of Rock Lake

Date: 1916
Description: A row of three small cabins with screened-in porches. Groups of people are sitting in front of each cabin. Caption reads: "Willow Dale at North End of Rock...
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Residence E.J. Fargo

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Description: View from street towards a private home with a turret and front and side porch. There is a porte cochère in the driveway on the left. Caption reads: "Resid...
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One of Lake Mills' (Ia.) Beautiful Residences

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of a corner house with a turret. Porches are on the front and side of the house, and a large stable is in the background on the left. Caption...
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First Congregational Church

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view across street towards the First Congregational Church. There are two front entrances, a bell tower and a large stained-glass window. Caption ...
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Moravian Church

Date: 1906
Description: View across unpaved road towards a brick church with Romanesque arches. Columns are at the entrance. Caption reads: "Moravian Church, Lake Mills, Wis."
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Enjoying Rock Lake

Date: 1909
Description: View across water towards a group of people on and next to a dock on a lake. Four people are in a rowboat. A boy is playing with a toy sailboat in the fore...
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Howe's Boat House, Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View down pier towards a boathouse on the shore, with groups of people sitting and standing on the platform in front. A group of people are in a rowboat ne...
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Lake Mills Concert Band

Date: 1906
Description: Studio group portrait of the Lake Mills Concert Band posing with their instruments; trombones, tubas, clarinets, bass drum, etc. Caption reads: "Lake Mills...
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L. D. Fargo Library

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Description: Hand-colored postcard of the facade of the L.D. Fargo Library. Caption reads: "L. D. Fargo Library, Lake Mills, Wis."
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High School

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Description: View across street towards the facade of the high school, which has an arched entrance with a bell tower above. Caption reads: "High School, Lake Mills, Wi...
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Creamery Package Mfg. Co.

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Description: Elevated view of a creamery, with curving railroad tracks running along the right side, and two box cars near a side door. A Model T is parked on the road ...
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Fargo Creamery Supply House

Date: 1908
Description: View across unpaved street towards a two-story warehouse, with a smokestack in the back. Caption reads: "Fargo Creamery Supply House, 1908, Lake Mills, Wis...
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Part of Rock Lake Cemetery

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Description: View of a cemetery with graves among trees. Place File: check Postcards, and add captions. Caption reads: "Part of Rock Lake Cemetery, Lake Mills, Wis."

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