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Catching a Football

Date: 1953
Description: Football player catching a football, as the referee is officiating and defensive players are running up alongside the one handling the ball.
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Horses Pulling Plow

Date: 1953
Description: View from front towards two horses pulling a plow in a field being driven by a boy. On the right an older man is walking beside the team, and in the backgr...
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8th Street, Looking North, Manitowoc, Wis.

Date: 1953
Description: Slightly elevated view of 8th Street, looking north in a central business district. Cars are parked along the curb, and other cars are moving down the stre...
Postcard

Big Eddy Falls, Menominee Indian Reservation

Date: 1953
Description: View upriver across water towards the Big Eddy Falls on the Wolf River. A group of people are standing on the right bank. Caption reads: "Big Eddy Falls, M...
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Beaver Lodge

Date: 1953
Description: View towards a man wearing a hat and tall boots who is standing with his hand on a large wheel, perhaps a mill wheel, which is leaning against trees on the...
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Barree Coulee from St. Joseph's Ridge

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated view along a hillside into a valley, with forests, buildings, and crop fields. Caption reads: "Barree Coulee from St. Joseph's Ridge, La Crosse Co...
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Shoot the Chute

Date: 1953
Description: The chute is equipped with rail for the carts that haul the limestone at the Lime Kiln.
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Papermaking

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated interior view of a paper mill with paper making machinery. An employee is standing next to the machinery on the left.
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Spring's Around the Corner

Date: 1953
Description: Snow covered ice extends into the Wisconsin River from the shorelines. Trees line the river bank in the background.
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The Quiet Time

Date: 1953
Description: Snow-covered farm buildings and trees, with a path through the snow cutting across the field in the foreground.
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Pleasant Valley

Date: 1953
Description: View from hill towards a farm nestled in a valley. Trees dot the slopes, and woods cover the tops of the hills.
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The Dean House, Monona Golf Course Club House

Date: 1953
Description: A view of the back of the Monona Golf Course Club House (aka Nathaniel and Harriet Dean House, built in 1856) 4718 Monona Drive. The large screened porch w...
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Mary Griggs (Burke) Standing on Garmisch Road

Date: 1953
Description: Mary Griggs (Burke) is standing at the edge of Garmisch Road (formerly County Highway D) with her left foot on a small amount of leaf strewn snow. She is w...
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Mary Canoeing the Namakagon River

Date: 1953
Description: Mary Griggs is sitting in the stern of a canoe paddling the Namakagon River with a male friend sitting in the bow. Mary is wearing shorts and a white blous...
Postcard

Crystal Cave Gift Shop & Cafe

Date: 1953
Description: Text on front reads: "Crystal Cave Gift Shop & Cafe, Spring Valley, Wisconsin". On reverse it reads: "Crystal Cave, Spring Valley, Wisconsin. Highway Wisco...
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Robert J. Matheson and Harvey R. Abraham Fishing

Date: 1953
Description: Group portrait of Republican State Assembly members Bob Matheson and Harvey Abraham (with a third, unidentified person) standing on a dock. Abraham is hold...
Postcard

Chalet Cabin Court

Date: 1953
Description: Text on front reads: "The Chalet Cabin Court on Hy. 12 & 13, Tel.33882, Wis. Dells, Wis." The log cabin office at the Chalet Cabin Court. A dog is sitting ...

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