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| Description: | Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," New Glarus, Wisconsin. Built as a home by Edwin Barlow, it was later given to the town for use as a museum of Swiss m... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Former residence of the commanding officer. General Zachary Taylor was its first resident. It was subsequently rebuilt under the command of General Brooke.... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of steps leading up to the entrance to the Brisbois house. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Benedict House. Built by Dr. Alonzo Benedict and designed for two families. The original roof did not function correctly, so the builder put on a secon... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Main Street, showing a grocery store, restaurant, and the Up and Down Tavern. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Colsac Ferry across the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. There is a bridge across the river in the background on the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Customers standing outside the small bar are probably waiting to take the ferry across the river. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Octagon House. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the Pebble house, also called Edward Dodge House. Built in 1848 and constructed of cobblestone. Stone columns with a gate and fence are in front ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the Henry Merrell house, built about 1833. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the parlor in the Indian Agency House. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the parlor in the Indian Agency house. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from the Wisconsin River of the house at 506 W. Edgewater Street, built by Zona Gale in 1906 for her parents after the successful publication of her f... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Boom spraying of cranberries, in the Wisconsin Rapids area and probably by members of the Asa Bennett family. This technique using a tractor was developed ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An underwater clipper used by a Wisconsin cranberry grower between 1930 and 1940. This photograph was probably taken near Wisconsin Rapids, perhaps on the ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the Mitchell-Rountree house, built in 1837. |
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