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| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A veteran places a flower on the grave of an unknown soldier. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Spiritland Cafe, a restaurant located in a former church, with the cemetery in the background. The restaurant was located on CTH D in Portage County. |
| Date: | 04 23 1972 |
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| Description: | Plot in the Forest Hill Cemetery at 1 Speedway Road in which 105 Confederate soldiers are buried. They died while confined in Madison's Camp Randall during... |
| 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: | 08 19 1973 |
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| Description: | The Bishop WIlliam O'Connor Memorial Chapel at Resurrection Cemetery, which is a pyramid-shaped building with a spire on top and a cross at the point. |
| Date: | 10 06 1974 |
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| Description: | Formerly a receiving vault, this storage building at Forest Hill Cemetery features cathedral Gothic design elements. |
| Date: | 05 04 1975 |
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| Description: | An addition with a honeycomb look to a mausoleum at Forest hill Cemetery. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Author Alex Haley and actor LeVar Burton visit the grave of Haley's ancestor, the slave Kunte Kinte, in Spottsylvania County, Virginia. In the television ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A country cemetery with a row of pine trees in the foreground. In the far distance is a farm. |
| Date: | 02 05 1978 |
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| Description: | "Union Cemetery — The graves are awash in snow in the aftermath of the late January snowstorm." |
| Date: | 02 05 1978 |
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| Description: | "Armand Quick, one of Theresa's most famous sons, died in late January and is buried in the family plot at the Catholic Cemetery. Quick was famous for his ... |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "The long lens compresses this view from the frozen Rock River in the foreground, the Catholic cemetery, and the Haag farm buildings in the distance." |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "Zion Lutheran Church, Town of Theresa. At this moment, funeral services of Herb Sellnow are taking place." |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "Rev. Herbert Lemke and Charles Koepsell, Mayville, lead the mourners to the grave site." |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "Zion Cemetery. Herb Sellnow is laid to rest a short distance from the farm where he spent most of his life." |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | This map on 5 sheets features a title page sheet with business directory and shows section numbers, roads, railroads, saw mills, churches, blacksmith shops... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | "This winter scene is looking north on Hwy 175 at Union Cemetery." |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | A map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin that identifies the locations of 46 cemeteries in the county. The cemeteries are listed by town. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | A map of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, showing the location of 94 cemeteries in the county. The map also shows major roads that travel to the city of Manito... |
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