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View, De Marco Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "A water faucet located at the top of the hill (the upper end of the alley) behind the boy is used by eleven families, 28 people, who live in the buildings...
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Outhouse, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "Twelve families, eighteen persons, share four outhouses." A window of a house is visible in the foreground, while an outhouse is located behind the home.<...
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View, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "Overall view of the alley looking toward E. Franklin Street.

Griffin Alley houses 12 families in 6 buildings. All residents share 2 hydrants and 4 toile...

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Walkway, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "This path from the alleyway to the outhouse is flooded when it rains — note the 'bridge' from the bottom porch step to the opposite bank."

Griffin Alley...

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The Old Furnace, Rigsby's Hollow

Date: 
Description: Ruins of an old furnace. There is a pile of stones and the remains of a wheel. In the background is a hill with trees.
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Old Mill Erected About 1850

Date: 1925
Description: Ruins of the Old Mill, a stone building which has no roof and is missing window glass. Behind on the left is an abandoned shed.
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Old Mill Dam Across Kickapoo River

Date: 1909
Description: View looking down at the remains of an old dam. Driftwood has been caught up at the broken wood pilings on the far shoreline. The river is flowing fast, an...
Postcard

Built — 1852

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a three-quarter view of the exterior of an abandoned church. There are broken shutters in the belfry and a broken window in front....
Photograph

Man, Children and Cats Multiple Exposure

Date: 
Description: A man in work clothes and a hat stands in front of a weathered wooden building. A cat crouches near his feet, another sits to the right. Tall grass is grow...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 351-358

Date: 
Description: The boss says —
The center is —

Good workmen then served two masters
One a man, the other a craft

A fine-edged tool biting life-long in...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 370-376

Date: 
Description: The earth is never still, but speaks her lovers
lying twined among the roots of grasses, lying long
stretched out from hill to hill

There wher...
Photograph

Hollister Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: The rear wheel of a bicycle is visible beyond the small front porch of a small, deteriorating one room school. The main portion of the school building is ...
Photograph

Ziemer Property

Date: 10 1979
Description: Elderly Ed Radke makes his way around the Ziemer property.
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Ziemer Auction

Date: 10 1979
Description: Al Trauba and Ed Radke are interested bystanders at the Ziemer auction.
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Ziemer Home

Date: 10 1979
Description: Fritz Ziemer home from the back.
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Abandoned Farm

Date: 1960
Description: Abandoned farm along Highway 51.
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Stone Ruins

Date: 1900
Description: Stone ruins of a small industrial plant.
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Robert Becker Photographs Father's Childhood Home

Date: 10 1992
Description: Robert Becker of the Lincoln Star Journal photographs the home in which his father grew up.
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Abandoned Farmhouse

Date: 1962
Description: Abandoned farmhouse, rear view, along Highway 131.
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Tree-Veiled Farm

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: View through the trees of an abandoned farm.

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