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Car Ferry

Date: 1920
Description: The Cassville Ferry with three cars and passengers, crossing the Mississippi River from Cassville to Turkey River, Iowa.
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Looking East down Main Street in Platteville

Date: 1930
Description: View looking east down Main Street at the intersection with Court Street. Coyle's Drugstore is on the right.
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Crossroads Corner at Dusk

Date: 05 07 1962
Description: Crossroads corner at dusk, following hail storm.
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Wrecked and Abandoned Automobiles in Pasture

Date: 05 16 1962
Description: Wrecked and abandoned automobiles in a hidden rural hollow.
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Buildings at Crossroads

Date: 05 1962
Description: Texaco gas station on the left and cars parked on the road next to buildings in downtown Beetown. The road is rutted and muddy with puddles. Several signs ...
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Canal and Congress Streets

Date: 1956
Description: Canal and Congress streets, with Sprague's Building on the right.
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Canal Street rebuilt after Fire in Bloomington

Date: 1956
Description: Store at 1897 Canal Street, with an old car on the lower right. The car is parked in front of a "no parking" sign.
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Central House in Boscobel

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from street of Central House, with advertisements on the side of the building for Red Crown Gasoline. The Order of the Gideons was founded he...
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Central House in Boscobel

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from intersection towards the Central House, later known as the Boscobel Hotel, with cars parked in the center of the street on the right. Th...
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Denniston House

Date: 1932
Description: The Denniston House was built in 1836 in anticipation that the State Capitol would be located in Cassville, and housing for the legislators would be needed...
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Barn on the Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1932
Description: View towards a barn, with a railroad bridge in the foreground.
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Brewery at Potosi

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the brewery in Potosi with cars parked along the street.
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Empire House Hotel

Date: 08 1925
Description: A view of the front of the Empire House Hotel, showing the porch and balcony. There are many wicker chairs on the porch, and there is an automobile parked ...
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Gray-Williams House

Date: 1950
Description: View across lawn towards the Gray-Williams house.
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Gray-Williams House

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of the Gray-Williams house.
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City Hall

Date: 1950
Description: View across intersection of City Hall on a street corner.
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Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1958
Description: Nelson Dewey State Park (Cassville vicinity). Bridge construction near the park office which was built in the 1850s as a chicken house. The park was establ...
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Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: Caption reads: "Main Street, looking East, Platteville,,[sic] Wis."
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CCC Camp Scene

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of Civil Conservation Camp (CCC), tentatively identified as the Bloomington camp.
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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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