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Abandoned Cottage and Farm Machine

Date: 07 1967
Description: An old, broken farm machine rests on the ground, with an abandoned cottage in the background.
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Whispering Pines

Date: 1936
Description: View across field of a log cabin and garage with two cars parked outdoors. Stones outline the parking area and paths between the cabin and garage.
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Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: View across fields of two cottages with wrap-around screened porches standing in front of a row of evergreen trees. The house on the right has a second sto...
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Airplane View of Mason

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view taken from an airplane overlooking the town of Mason. Farm fields, roads, trees, houses and other buildings are visible.
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Ash Lawn

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Description: Exterior of Ash Lawn, the official residence of James Monroe during the years 1799-1823. View features the overseer's cottage with an old stone chimney.
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Location of Cottages at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a dirt road, cleared land, Jackson Lake and shoreline. Off to the far right is where the Nature Lovers Paradise resort cottages were located. A sig...
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Dutch Canning Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Dutch Canning Company of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, "Packers of Fancy Corn Peas and Beans," with a boy and girl in traditional clothing and ...
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Apfelbach Summer Home

Date: 1915
Description: Birch and other trees frame the view of a distant house and barn with poplars behind, lining the road (now Highway 42) at Fish Creek.
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The Result of Thrift and Energy

Date: 1895
Description: A promotional cards created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts Conrad Flicker and his family standing in ...
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Cherry Trees in Bloom

Date: 05 1919
Description: Elevated view across Sturgeon Bay Road, now Highway 42, toward the Gibraltar Orchard cherry camp. There is a wooden fence in the foreground, and the camp c...
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Fox Bluff Cottage

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Description: The Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff on the shore of Lake Mendota. There is a fence around the property, and a boat is pulled up on the shoreline.
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Planting Pike

Date: 1935
Description: Two unidentified men, working from a boat or raft, are dumping the contents of milk cans into the waters of a lake. There are small cottages on the shore i...

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