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Pickering Camp

Date: 1920
Description: View across water towards the C.R. Pickering Camp on Mill Creek, in summer. The shelter is on a hill overlooking the pond.
Postcard

Composite Views of Town

Date: 1909
Description: Composite of views of Muscoda including: Electric Light plant, Smalley House, St. John Catholic Church, Lover's Lane, Muscoda Public School, Wisconsin Aven...
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Cheese Day Celebration

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Celebrating the first "Cheese Day" with a parade. A group of spectators gather on the sidewalk near a truck displaying a banner and stove in the back.
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Row of Factories

Date: 1920
Description: The back lot of a row of factories. Alongside the buildings, there are piles of raw materials, lumber slabs, carts, and a parked car.
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Man sitting in driver's seat of a Skelly Truck promoting itself with banners and streamers. In the background on the right is a church.
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group portrait of children in costume posed on the back of a truck decorated with streamers for the Cheese Day Parade. Some of the children hold handwritte...
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Clowns at Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: A line of clowns and assorted pantomime animals dressed up for Cheese Day. The animals include; a horse, a woodchuck, a bear, a giraffe and an elephant. A ...
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Conrad Schmitt Residence

Date: 1900
Description: View of the exterior of the Conrad Schmitt (Sherwin Gillett's future father-in-law) residence. There are two unidentified men on the porch posing in the sh...
Postcard

Anna Czech's Class

Date: 1924
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a class featuring Lorin Gillett (son of Sherwin Gilett), and their teacher sitting on the steps in front of the double door of wh...
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Henry Elston Family

Date: 1937
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the extended Elston family, including sons-in-law and grandchildren.
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Downtown Muscoda

Date: 1971
Description: Slightly elevated view of a central business district. The theater marquee on the left reads: "The Concert for Bangladesh." Across the street on the right ...
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Muscoda in Valley

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Description: Elevated view over trees of the town of Muscoda. The water tower is in the center. The commercial district is on the left, and dwellings are in the foregro...
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Gillette Studio

Date: 1938
Description: Exterior view from road of the Gillette photography studio. Lorin is standing and posing next to the sign. An upside down sign is resting in the tall grass...
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Landscape Near Muscoda

Date: 1938
Description: View of the Wisconsin River through trees near Muscoda. A large barn is on the far side of the river.
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The Gillett Children

Date: 1916
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Sherry (b. 1913), Lorin (b. 1915), and Harry (b. 1910).
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Ruins of Rome

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Description: View from street of the Farmers and Merchants Bank after a fire. All that's left standing is its neo-classical marble facade with columns framing a doorway...
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Guests gathered for Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50 Wedding Anniversary banquet.
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniverary

Date: 1956
Description: Outdoor portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett standing outside the church with their children, Lorin, Sherry and Harry on the occasion of their 50th Wedding...
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary, surrounded by their children and their spouses. The y...

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