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Deering Farm Machinery Calendar

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising calendar for Deering tractors and farm implements featuring an oval color illustration of a European farmhouse with thatched roof, farm laborer...
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Wausau Airport Groundbreaking

Date: 1928
Description: The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and w...
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
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Erosion on McPeak Farm

Date: 1928
Description: T. N19 R. 4W about section 19, McPeak farm. A 50 foot deep ravine is seen rapidly eating its way toward farm buildings.
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New York Central Lines West Point Poster

Date: 1928
Description: An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the West Point military academy, in a location described as being "In the highlands of ...
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Excursion Boats at Playland

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of excursion boats docked at Playland near a jetty. People walk on the dock to board the boat, and tables shaded by umbrellas ...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1928
Description: The Brownsville train depot.
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Public School

Date: 1928
Description: The exterior of the public school building. A man sits on the steps.
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Highway 11

Date: 1928
Description: A car drives across a metal bridge on Highway 11.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1928
Description: View down cobblestone platform of a group of young boys and men standing alongside the front of the depot. The locomotive on the tracks is Class A1 3012, a...
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Way of the Cross XIV Station

Date: 1928
Description: Way of the Cross station leading to St Anne's Shrine. Behind the shrine are birch and other trees and a view down the hill towards a valley. The station is...
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Procession to St. Anne's Hill

Date: 1928
Description: View down valley of a procession of hundreds of pilgrims walking up the hill to St. Anne's Chapel which is lined with Stations of the Cross. The crowd is w...
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Group of Pilgrims at St. Anne's Shrine

Date: 1928
Description: Pilgrims gathered outside the shrine. Many of the people are sitting on the ground among the tree. There are banners hanging in front of the stone chapel.
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Jordan Lake at Clearwater Cottages

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of Jordan Lake. Two people are fishing in a rowboat below, and the wooded far shoreline is in the distance.
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Scene at Mill Bluff Store near Sauk City

Date: 1928
Description: Two girls standing and sitting in the foreground on a lawn. In the background on the left a group of people stand near a tent and a parked automobile. Behi...
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from grassy hill of uptown Cross Plains. The Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) is on the right, and farmhouses and other buildings are among fields...
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1928
Description: View down valley towards the back of the Lutheran Church and cemetery. Houses and barns are in the valley below, and more hills are in the far background. ...
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Elmer Droster Home

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the Elmer Droster home at 5301 Felland Road. There is a garage on the left, and in the far background a ridge with trees.
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Walnut Grove — Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1928
Description: View down hill looking towards the side and back of a log building with stone foundation built into the side of a hill. Smoke is rising from the chimney ex...

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