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Charles Green

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Description: Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Milton Junction. Rock Co. Wis.

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milton Junction.
Photograph

Lodi From Cemetery Hill

Date: 1876
Description: A view of the town of Lodi as viewed from the hill north of the cemetery.
Photograph

Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
Photograph

Laxey Church

Date: 1947
Description: Laxey Church, built prior to the Civil War, was named after Laxey in the Isle of Man, from which many of the immigrants had come. There is a cemetery with ...
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
Photograph

Lutheran Church

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view across fence and field towards the Lutheran church and cemetery of a German or Norwegian settlement near the intersection of Highway 16 and C...
Photograph

Graveyard in Black River Falls

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Description: Graveyard with buildings in the background.
Photograph

Cornfield and Cemetery

Date: 09 1967
Description: View over cornfield of a cemetery on the side of a hill surrounded by a fence. On the hill behind the cemetery are more cornfields.
Photograph

Man with Plano Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: Man standing outdoors beside a Plano grain binder. On the machine is stamped: "Manufactured by The Plano Mfg. Co. / Plano Ill's." There appears to be a cem...
Photograph

Danger of Pests

Date: 1914
Description: Illustration made for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to demonstrate the danger of pests, including diseases carried by insects...
Photograph

Houses on a Rural Road

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: View down center of rural dirt road with houses along both sides in Black Hawk County. A man and horse are in a field on the left, near a sign that says: "...
Photograph

Bird's Eye View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of the town with hills in the distance. In the foreground are cattle inside a fence near a cemetery with a windmill. The town is behind furth...
Photograph

Preparing Cemetery Plots

Date: 06 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Perry automatic scraper to prepare the grounds at Mount Emblem Cemetery. Farm buildings are in the back...
Photograph

Scenic View

Date: 1921
Description: View from hill of a church [?], shed, and cemetery in a valley. A dirt road is on the left.
Photograph

Cemetery Visit

Date: 1958
Description: Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View — Boscobel

Date: 1913
Description: View of town. There is a cemetery in the foreground.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View — Boscobel

Date: 1915
Description: View of town. A cemetery is in the foreground and a race track is in the center.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 
Description: View from hill over church and cemetery towards fields and town in a valley.
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Funeral Service at Zion Lutheran Church

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "Rev. Herbert Lemke and Charles Koepsell, Mayville, lead the mourners to the grave site."

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