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Building and River

Date: 1920
Description: A large building, possibly a mill, next to a river.
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Men Work on Streetcar Power Lines with International Model H Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working on trolley car electrical wires (catenary) in the middle of a street. The men are standing on a platform in the back of an International Mo...
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Man Mound Historical Marker

Date: 1920
Description: Historic site marker to commemorate Man Mound and to mark Man Mound Park. The inscription reads "Man Mound Park. Mound located and platted by W.H. Canfield...
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Black Hawk Church

Date: 1920
Description: Black Hawk Church, exterior of building, which was a German Evangelical Church. (It was also known as Bethlehem Church).
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Carcajou Pasteur

Date: 1920
Description: View of a rocky pasture with some small, distant farm buildings, and a few farm animals grazing.
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Lake Koshkonong

Date: 1920
Description: View of farm buildings in the background on the top of a hill, with the shore of the lake in the foreground.
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Carcajou Farm and Grazing Cattle

Date: 1920
Description: View of grazing cattle, and pigs, in a field, with a farmhouse in the background.
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Greek Catholic Church

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of Russian Orthodox Church. Caption reads: "Greek Catholic Church, Cornucopia, Wis."
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German Evangelical Association Church

Date: 1920
Description: German Evangelical Association Church and adjacent cemetery, also known as Zion Evangelical Church. When services were discontinued in the early 1920s the...
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Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in an overgrown field. Producing charcoal was once a fairly large industry in De Pere.
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Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in ruins in a field beyond a fence, with electric power lines in the background.
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Tearing down Eau Claire House

Date: 1920
Description: Tearing down Eau Claire House to make way for the Y.M.C.A. building. A man is standing on the roof. A sign in the street reads, in part: "Electric Light He...
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View Down Dirt Road

Date: 1920
Description: View looking down a dirt road to Gratiot.
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Black Hawk Monument

Date: 1920
Description: Monument on University Hills in honor of Sauk Chief Black Hawk.
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Farmhouse

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of farmhouse and other outbuildings.
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Spirit of the Northwest

Date: 1920
Description: "Spirit of the Northwest" monument by Sidney Bedore, on the grounds of the Brown County Court House. Represented, left to right: a Menominee, Claude Alloue...
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Commercial Area along Fox River

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the commercial area along the east side of the Fox River.
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Wade House Inn

Date: 1920
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Holy Hill

Date: 1920
Description: View of Holy Hill, with a field and the Hillside Hotel in the foreground. Captions read: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage" and "The Holy Hill and Hi...
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Holy Hill

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Carmelite monastery on Holy Hill from the west. Caption reads: "Holy Hill, Wis. From The West."

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