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| Description: | Rear view of a man using a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to do field work on a hillside. Farm buildings are in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of The Cumberland Hotel. The hotel opened in March of 1891 and was demolished in 1965. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The William Langenbaw farm, viewed against a cloud-filled sky. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two rustic stairways leading down to the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. At the bottom of the stairs is a sign telling the geological story of Copper... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A young boy and girl posed inside of the Elephant Cave in the east bluffs at Devil's Lake State Park. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of Anemone Cave and crashing waves, surrounded by coastal rock formations. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Dedicated on August 31, 1940, the Victor Salvatore bronze sculpture of American author James Fenimore Cooper sits in Cooper Park. The statue depicts the a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of the home of William T. Marriott, 721 Ash Street. It is a two-story brick house with Prairie Style influence, with a large chimney in th... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of the home of George Snyder at 1219 Ash Street. It is a large wooden Queen Anne-style house with a columned front porch and a corner towe... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of a dog sitting on the front porch of a large Victorian house at 127 Eleventh Street, the home of Dr. Clausen F. Stekl, a Baraboo dentist... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An imposing Tudor style stone and stucco house sits on a large wooded lot. There is a decorative fence and hedge along the driveway. The house was the home... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of a dog standing on front walk in front of the Dr. Chris L. Thuerer home, a large Four Square Style house which has large bay windows and... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A foursquare style house with front and back porches sits on a large landscaped lot with a decorative fence and painted pergola. The house, at 220 Eighth S... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of a two-story, wood frame house with a front porch sittomg on a wooded lot. The house has a large chimney, dentil molding under the eaves... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A uniformed delivery man is standing next to an International D-15 truck parked near the curb in a residential neighborhood. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Hawkins Service Station, located at 309 Seventh Avenue. The station has a pagoda style roof typical of stations designed between 1917 and 1930 by Alexande... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Young Richard and Ralph Quinney pose for a picture holding hands in front of the farmhouse on the first day of the school year. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Children play in a large swimming pool with a stone changing house. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A fleet of four pickup trucks of various makes and a larger truck, all advertising L.C. Welch Plumbing and Heating on the door. They are parked on a reside... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Pete Sprecher's Cafe and Bar on Water Street. A sign identifies the entrance to Pearl's Garden Dining Room. There are two benches and a penny weight machi... |
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