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B.F. Hahn and Family Picnic

Date: 1876
Description: Benjamin F. Hahn, his wife Mary and their servant Sarah Hill sit around a table with an intricately patterned cloth with bowls of apples and grapes. The wo...
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L.E. Johnson and B.F. Halin

Date: 1876
Description: Family, including a woman, young man and man sitting around table in a yard, with a two-story stone house with a porch on at least two sides. A young girl ...
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Wagon Bridge in Darlington

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of wagon bridge in Darlington, with a river on the right, a cow in a field, and a building on the left.
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Pecatonica River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Pecatonica River, which is curving from left to right, making two hairpin turns among fields and trees. Hills are in the distance.
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Pecatonica Battleground

Date: 1930
Description: Pecatonica Battleground.
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Corn Husker Shredder and Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 12 29 1928
Description: A team of two horses with a wagon, and a Farmall Regular tractor, standing next to farmers as they are using a corn husker shredder outside a barn, possibl...
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Mayne Hotel

Date: 08 1925
Description: A mower and car parked in front of the dilapidated Mayne Hotel. Two boys are standing to the right of the car, and two men are talking near a wagon and bug...
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Master Mix Feeds Building

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Description: View of large building which is depositing feed into a truck docked on its left. On the left there is a Quonset hut-style corrugated metal warehouse, and o...
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Parade Float with Soap Box Derby Cars

Date: 08 1957
Description: "Stairway to a Champ" float in a parade. The float includes the five cars raced by Van Steiner of Argyle along with his helmets and trophies.

Van won the...

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Lovers Lane

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Description: View of Lovers Lane, which a dirt road with a sidewalk and bridge on the right. There are power lines in the foreground, and a town in the background. Ther...
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View from Hill of Blanchardville

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Description: View from a hilltop looking down at the village. On the hilltop, there is a small tree. In the village are homes, a church, shops, and in the far distance,...
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View of Blanchardville

Date: 1913
Description: View of the village during the winter. There are many homes, shops, several churches and open land. Many of the buildings are two stories high.
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Scene on Pecatonica River

Date: 1925
Description: View from hill of a landscape with a winding river in a valley.
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High School

Date: 1922
Description: View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A...
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High School

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple ...
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James Mine

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Description: Exterior view of James Mine with a field and fence in the foreground. Tram tracks lead from the tall building to large piles of rocks. There are steep stai...
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Old Mill Erected About 1850

Date: 1925
Description: Ruins of the Old Mill, a stone building which has no roof and is missing window glass. Behind on the left is an abandoned shed.
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Violet Jacobson

Date: 1932
Description: Violet Jacobson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses on her family's farm with several calves. There is a barn and two other outbuildings...
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Theodore Vinger Farm

Date: 1932
Description: The Theodore Vinger farmstead sits on gently rolling terrain. A painted sign on the large barn identifies the owner. At the time of the photograph, Martin ...
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Cheese Factory

Date: 1932
Description: View up road towards two men posing near the front of a cheese factory on a small hill; on the right a woman and two girls stand near a side door. Typical ...

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