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| Date: | 12 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site. |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A veteran places a flower on the grave of an unknown soldier. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of a sign to the cemetery that reads: "Old Settler's Cemetery 1837-1875, Burial Place of Samuel * Henry Phoenix, Founders of Delavan 1836." The cemete... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Oak Grove Cemetery entrance gate donated by George Esterly. The Esterly family lot is just inside the gate. |
| Date: | 05 21 1972 |
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| Description: | A stained-glass window in the mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery at 1 Speedway Road, with a design featuring upside-down torches (a symbol of death). |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Main Entrance — Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The sign on the gate reads: "Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery". Overgrown plants surround the fence and gate. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Fort Winnebago Military Cemetery". View through the open gates of the cemetery. Trees surround a monument just inside the gates. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View through the closed gate, which has a sign that reads: Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery. Overgrown plants surround the gate, and trees surround a monument j... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of the Paynesville Cemetery Chapel, entrance detail. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of the Paynesville Cemetery Chapel (south elevation). |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of the Paynesville Cemetery Chapel from the southeast. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | International model "F" "31" truck operated by Striplins Transfer of Litchfield. A male driver is in the truck which is parked on a city street between a ... |
| Date: | 09 25 1960 |
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| Description: | A cemetery for pets near Highway 58. Each burial plot is marked with a small wooden cross. Additionally, several plots have accompanying makeshift tombston... |
| Date: | 08 24 1925 |
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| Description: | A very large cemetery monument with a female figure sculpture, inscribed with the name Ehle. There is a shed in the background. The Ehle family lived in ... |
| Date: | 08 22 1964 |
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| Description: | The Hansen monument in a Washington Island cemetery. The monument is surrounded by a cluster of Tiger Lillies which are no longer blooming. |
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