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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a Boy Scout band in front of a large brick building, possibly the old Baraboo High School. The bass drum head reads "Boy Scout Band" and ... |
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| Description: | Devil's Lake vicinity. View of the Cliff House courtyard and croquet court. Three men and one woman are playing croquet. Two women are on the second floor ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Baraboo was first settled around 1838, and by 1870 it had become the county seat and the thriving village illustrated here. This birds eye drawing depicts ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds milling around attractions on a sunny day at the Sauk County Fair. Sideshows and concessions are on the left, and an oval dirt raci... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Well-dressed young couples sit in the foreground. In the background is a picket fence running along a busy road with horse and buggy traffic. Further on is... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Swimming in the lake with the Cliff House in background. Cliff House was a resort hotel built shortly after 1872, when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Bo... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Cliff House, a resort hotel built shortly after 1872 when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Three-story frame house with balcony on each floor. There is a ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Baraboo River towards a bridge, water tower, and the town beyond. Caption reads: "Baraboo River, Baraboo, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Old Canfield Hop House, exterior of building. Text reads: "Of the many fantastic hop - houses, this one alone remains a relic of the famous days of Sauk Co... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across street of the Al. Ringling Theater with a Studebaker pickup truck in the foreground. There is a hardware store on the right. |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Al. Ringling Theater. Caption reads: "Al Ringling Theatre, Baraboo, Wis." |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View across and down a street towards the Baraboo City Hall. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of the exterior architecture of the First Baptist Church. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of the First Methodist Church and surrounding buildings. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | First Congregational United Church of Christ building located at 131 6th Avenue at Broadway. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Baraboo public library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Baraboo, Wis." |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of First United Presbyterian Church, located at 416 Ash on the corner of 3rd Street. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Barn used by the Ringling Brothers to store circus equipment during the winter. |
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