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Waushara County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: Waushara County Court House. There is a statue in the foreground and homes in the background. Caption reads: "Waushara County Court House, Wautoma, Wis."
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Waushara County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the court house. A man is standing on the right near the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Court House, Wautoma, Wis."
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Motion Picture Theatre in Wautoma

Date: 1967
Description: A closed motion picture theatre on State Highway 21 & 73 in Wautoma. A car is parked next to a sign that reads "No parking, Doctors only."
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Tastee-Freez

Date: 1967
Description: On State Hightway 73 & 21, a two-story federal style building stands next to a Tastee-freeze that is for sale.
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Fire Department

Date: 1967
Description: The Wautoma Fire Station.
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Boothville Quick Stop

Date: 1940
Description: Mobil gas station constructed of split stone. Next door, offering ice cream, soda pop, and groceries to motorists near Silver Lake, was the Boothville groc...
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Waushara County Clerk Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Waushara County Clerk's office, with a three-quarter view of the county courthouse, a fence in front of the building, and a partial frame...
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Grape Boycott Picketing

Date: 1968
Description: On the left, Ernesto Chacon, is in sunglasses and holding a sign that says, "Don't Buy Grapes," picketing for the United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott....
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Grape Boycott Picket

Date: 1968
Description: Francisco Rodriguez of Crystal City, Texas is picketing a Wautoma grocery store during the grape boycott in 1968. Grape boycotts in Wisconsin were organize...
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Communal Shower for Migrant Workers

Date: 1969
Description: A boy wearing a white short-sleeved t-shirt and dark pants is barefoot and standing to the left of a communal shower hut for migrant farm workers in a Waut...
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Interior of Communal Shower for Migrant Workers

Date: 1969
Description: The interior of a floorless tin communal shower hut with shower heads and sinks for migrant farm workers in a labor camp.

This photograph is a part of Wi...

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Boys Selling "La Voz Mexicana"

Date: 1967
Description: Two boys standing on the sidewalk are distributing "La Voz Mexicana" ("The Mexican Voice"), the official newspaper of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a un...
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Father Garrigan Giving Pre-March Mass

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: Father Michael Garrigan in the background wearing a white robe and glasses holding 8 a.m. mass at St. Joseph's Church with 30 marchers before a Obreros Uni...
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Rev. Barry Shaw

Date: 1966
Description: Reverend Barry Shaw, of the Wisconsin Council of Churches, speaks at the microphone addressing a rally in Wautoma. Behind him are Jesus Salas and Salvador ...
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Jesus Salas at Waushara Courthouse Rally

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, in a white shirt and standing in front of the microphone with his arm raised, addresses a rally at the top of the steps in front of Waushara C...
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Jesus Salas at Industrial Commission Hearing

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, seated at left, is with workers at one of six Industrial Hearings in Wisconsin. The Waushara County Courthouse hearing discussed the issue of...
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Obreros Unidos at Industrial Commission Hearing

Date: 1966
Description: Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaders, members and supporters at an Industrial Commission Hearing at Waushara County Courthouse. On the right, standing w...
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Sculptured in Stone

Date: 1957
Description: The figure of Christ, in stone, on the wall of a private chapel on the west side of Bugh's Lake.
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M.E. Church

Date: 05 20 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "M.E. Church, Wautoma, Wis." A clapboard Methodist Episcopal Church on an unpaved street with a sidewalk and trees. It has an ornate s...
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Hotel Bean

Date: 01 12 1914
Description: A woman on the sidewalk in front of the Hotel Bean, an Italianate style brick hotel built in 1901. It has a large covered porch with a balcony above. The h...

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