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Mineral Point Railroad Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #280 at the Mineral Point depot. A group of people stand on the platform. The depot was built in 1857, ...
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Garden City Brewery

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior view of the Garden City Brewery, built in 1854. A person is on horseback in the yard below on the left, and a man is standing above them in an ope...
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Mining Scene

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Description: An unidentified mining scene where two men are cranking a windlass, common only in early lead and zinc mining in southwest Wisconsin. The windlass was used...
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Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
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First National Bank

Date: 1900
Description: The First National Bank that was the Iowa County Building between 1843 and 1860, then the W.T. Henry Bank and post office. Men are standing outside on the ...
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Gundry, Gray and Company Store

Date: 1875
Description: The Gundry, Gray and Company store. The building was erected in 1841 and the dog on the sign was added in 1871.
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Martin and Toay Store, Mineral Point

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Martin and Toay Store in Mineral Point. A man is standing at the top of a stairway on the left side of the building. A group of people a...
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Mineral Spring Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Mineral Spring Brewery, located on 272 Shake Rag Street, erected in 1850 (currently 276 Shake Rag Street). A group of four men are posing outdoors on the r...
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Odd Fellows Hall

Date: 1930
Description: The Odd Fellows Hall, built in 1838, was the first to be built west of the Allegheny Mountains. The cornerstones were laid by P.G. Sire Thomas Widley, foun...
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Polperro House and Woman

Date: 1940
Description: A woman demonstrating how Shake Rag Street got its name, with the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, behind her. The house was temporarily co...
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Robert Neal Baking Cornish Pasty

Date: 1942
Description: Robert Neal baking Cornish pasty at Pendarvis.
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Robert Neal Serving Cornish Pasty

Date: 1942
Description: Robert Neal serving Cornish pasty at Pendarvis.
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Polperro Undergoing Restoration

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s...
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Official Wisconsin Marker of Shake Rag Street

Date: 1951
Description: The official Wisconsin marker of Shake Rag Street and the committee of citizens who sponsored placing the marker. (Left to right): Ross Graves, President o...
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The U.S. Hotel

Date: 1858
Description: The U.S. Hotel was constructed in 1852 by Hugh Phillips to be used for mercantile purposes, but later transformed into the hotel. A group of people are sta...
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Castle Rock

Date: 1905
Description: Looking up toward Castle Rock in Mineral Point. A group of people are standing at the top. Caption reads: "Castle Rock, Mineral Point, Wis."
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Mineral Point Players

Date: 08 05 1954
Description: Portrait of Ulmont Healy, seated on a step. He is the director of the Mineral Point Players' production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
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Mineral Point Players

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: A scene from the Mineral Point Players' production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Actors in costume, left to right: Myra Pilling as Titania,...
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Mineral Point Players

Date: 07 05 1954
Description: A scene from the Mineral Point Players' production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." James Dolan enacts the role of Moonlight by standing on an...
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Mineral Point Players

Date: 08 05 1954
Description: Costumed actors and actresses from the Mineral Point Players stand on the steps of the Gundry Mansion while enacting a scene from Shakespeare's "A Midsumme...

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