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| Date: | 02 05 1928 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the Portage Canal, looking east from the canal bridge. A man is standing on a large platform on the left side of the canal near a... |
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| Description: | Horse and wagon carrying five men in front of a damaged building, probably the blast furnace for the York Iron Company. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of the front of Tenpin Alley, active in lead mining days. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the old mill building on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Osceola, Wis." |
| Date: | 1992 |
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| Description: | Country house in ruins on Irene Road in DeKalb County. |
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| Description: | A slum courtyard on 40 Albemarle Street, with laundry hanging to dry. There are broken doors and a barrel on the ground. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of a rundown brick wall with piles of wooden debris on the ground in front of it. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a chain-link fence near a deteriorated brick wall. |
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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." |
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