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| Description: | Schoolhouse at Lawerton(?), built 1859. There is a bell tower on the roof. Several of the windows are boarded up, and the door is either wide open or missi... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | View from water of bridge collapsed into the river, with the metal supports half submerged and the brick base crumbling. Dwellings can be seen along the hi... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking Northwest. Workers are standing on the right next to the exposed drainage pipes in the damaged bridge. Sheets and quilts are covering the entranc... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets. |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a cluster of old dwellings in the center, with broken shacks and rusted cars. In the background are railroad cars, and an industrial area ... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | A fish shop made of several small, interconnected buildings. Signs for fresh or smoked fish are on several parts of the shop. In the background is a railr... |
| Date: | 03 10 1981 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a boarded-up Amoco gas station at 6731 W. North Avenue. |
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| Description: | An abandoned cemetery overgrown with grass and young trees. |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A barren area of sandy soil and rocks identified as the site of an Indian village near Okee. |
| Date: | 07 1967 |
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| Description: | An old, broken farm machine rests on the ground, with an abandoned cottage in the background. |
| Date: | 09 17 1961 |
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| Description: | A broken down, abandoned log shack on the Stockbridge Indian Reservation. |
| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an abandoned "Bonus" gasoline station. This station was formerly a Wadham's Oil and Grease Company station. The Wadham's chain, headquarte... |
| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | View of the porch of a vacant at 535 10th Avenue with grain elevators in the background. This particular group of grain elevators were called "Tanktown." |
| Date: | 11 03 1963 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of two abandoned stock yard buildings. Between the buildings is the unused loading chute. |
| Date: | 09 01 1963 |
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| Description: | A view of an abandoned log cabin obscured by plants and trees. |
| Date: | 06 09 1963 |
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| Description: | View of a dilapidated outbuilding and a windmill on an abandoned farm. |
| Date: | 09 04 1967 |
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| Description: | An abandoned farm with overgrown foliage. In the background is a farmhouse. The doorway is detailed with decorative pilasters or engaged columns flanking t... |
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