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Car Ferry

Date: 1920
Description: The Cassville Ferry with three cars and passengers, crossing the Mississippi River from Cassville to Turkey River, Iowa.
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Mission and Mission Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View from the water of the Mission, dock, Mission cottages, and Congregational Church on Madeline Island.
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Mission Inn

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left.
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Building and River

Date: 1920
Description: A large building, possibly a mill, next to a river.
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Coast Guard Training Ship

Date: 1920
Description: View from boat of the Coast Guard ship at La Pointe. A shoreline is in the far background.
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International Harvester Building

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the International Harvester building, as seen from the northwest. Lake Michigan is in the background.
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Woman Draws Water from Well

Date: 1920
Description: Farm woman operating a McCormick-Deering portable gasoline engine. The engine is driving a pump to draw water from a well into a homemade trough. Another w...
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Russian Man Plowing Field with Homemade Harrow

Date: 1920
Description: Man guides a homemade harrow through a field with a horse. The original caption reads: "Primitive methods of agriculture in Russia (Volga region)."
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Theta Chi Fraternity Members in front of Boathouse

Date: 1920
Description: Theta Chi fraternity members standing on the pier in front of the Lake Mendota Boathouse located at the foot of North Carroll Street. The boathouse was des...
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Madison Sky Line

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from Lake Monona prior to the building of the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street in 1923.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
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Flood on Bay City Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Aftermath of the Bay City Creek flood.
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Menomonie Indian Reservation

Date: 1920
Description: Sign for the toll road at Big Smoky Falls on the Wolf River. The sign reads: "Big Smoky Falls of the Wolf River. Many years ago before 1925 there was no ro...
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Old Bridge over Black River

Date: 1920
Description: View of old bridge, river and buildings in downtown Black Falls River in the winter.
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Duncan Creek

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline of Duncan Creek, with an old dam and on the oppostie shoreline, the residence of Fred Adler, the owner of a brewery and a store in the ...
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Covered Bridge through Trees

Date: 1920
Description: Bridge over river from shoreline seen through trees in the spring or summer. Part of the bridge is covered.
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Covered Bridge from the Water

Date: 1920
Description: View across water towards the partially covered bridge. A wooded shoreline is along the left and right.
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Aerial View of Covered Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view of the last covered bridge, which is no longer standing.
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Carcajou Kayaks at Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View of pasture land, with a bit of the Lake Koshkonong in the foreground, a wooden dock that is little more than planks, and several kayaks docked.
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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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