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Brodhead, Wis.

Date: 1871
Description: Birds eye map of Brodhead, WI depicts street names and street locations, houses, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map shows the locations of...
Photograph

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1950
Description: View looking up at the Methodist Episcopal church over tree covered formations on the banks of Arkansaw Creek.
Photograph

Wheeler Hall

Date: 1955
Description: Wheeler Hall at Northland College, during winter. A group of people are on a bridge over the Bay City Creek, surrounded by trees, in the foreground. Wheele...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Debris Under Water Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Behind the drugstore, looking downstream. The water under the bridge is full of construction debris.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Mower on Park or Estate Grounds

Date: 1899
Description: A male grounds keeper is driving a horse-drawn mower down a path on a park or estate grounds. Another man is leaning against a slender tree. Both men are w...
Photograph

Winding Stream

Date: 1933
Description: A landscape view of a winding stream and surrounding croplands. A barn and silo are in the distance.
Photograph

Southern Wisconsin Farm Scene

Date: 1930
Description: A farm and brook in Southern Wisconsin. Several trees hang over the brook along with a trace of snow.
Photograph

Reinforcing Stream Bank

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Description: Rocks placed to control the flow of Dale Creek. A house is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as a study of the water drainage in ear...
Photograph

Building and Water Wheel

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Description: Small wooden building with water wheel, presumably a mill.
Photograph

Country Valley

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: A country valley with a winding stream. A farmhouse with barn and silo are on the right.
Photograph

Stone Bridge

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Description: View toward a stone bridge with arch over a stream bordered with flowers and trees on South Woodstock Road.
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Stone Bridge

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Description: View along quiet stream lined with trees and foliage toward an arched stone bridge with a guardrail.
Photograph

City Park

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Description: Elevated view down hill toward old mill with a small bridge in the foreground, and another arched bridge over a steep-sided stream in City Park. Paths and ...
Photograph

Stream Bed and Country Road

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Description: View looking north from a covered bridge, including a rocky stream-bed and a tree-lined dirt road with houses and other wooden buildings. Caption reads, "V...
Photograph

The Old Water Mill

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Description: A view of the old water mill, with a bridge over the stream in the background. Caption reads: "The Old Water Mill, Bardstown, KY."
Painting

Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Photograph

Northern Lumber Mill

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Description: View from shoreline across water toward the mill. To the right of the main building are two smaller structures, with a watertower and silo behind. Two smok...
Photograph

America's First Water Works

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Description: Exterior photograph of the first water works in America, consisting of a stone cottage next to a stream.

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