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Bridge over Wisconsin River

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of bridge over Wisconsin River built in 1921 to take the place of the old wooden bridge when it became condemned. Caption reads: "Prairie Du ...
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Jacob Gasser Family

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the Jacob Gasser family standing in front of the farmhouse at Tower Rock Farm.
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Hotel Randall

Date: 1909
Description: View from road of buildings in North Freedom. Hotel Randall is in the right foreground. A group of young women and others have gathered on the porch of the...
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Sousaphone Player in Barnyard

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Description: Member of a local farmers' band practicing in a barnyard with a cow and pony. Another animal, unidentified, stands behind the sousaphone player.
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr...
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House at Hercules Powder Plant

Date: 11 02 1945
Description: A house at the Baraboo Hercules Powder Plant with Corporal Robert Benson standing in the doorway. He brought his wife from Florida to live here with her so...
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Toddler Chucky Benson

Date: 11 02 1945
Description: Toddler Chucky Benson, whose mother, June, is being charged with bigamy and is fighting extradition to New York.
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Unity Chapel Cemetery

Date: 04 1959
Description: Unity Chapel Cemetery on the day of Frank Lloyd Wright's funeral.
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August Derleth at His Desk

Date: 1942
Description: Author August Derleth surrounded by books at his desk.
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Kitchen and Dining Rooms at Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Newly construced kitchen and dining rooms at the construction camp for the dam on the Wisconsin River. The kitchen building has three ventilators on the ro...
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Dining Rooms and Kitchen at Construction Site of Power Dam

Date: 06 10 1911
Description: Dining rooms and kitchen at the camp on the construction site of the Prairie du Sac dam. Workers and children pose in front of the dining rooms; there are ...
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Family in Front Yard

Date: 1900
Description: The Bass farmhouse, originally owned by the photographer's father, Isaac Bass. Pictured are the photographer's mother, Lorinda Bass, brother Frank Bass hol...
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Crew at Power Dam Waiting for Dinner

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workmen posing outside the dining hall before dinner.
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Dining Hall at Power Dam Camp

Date: 08 18 1912
Description: Eight cooks posing inside the dining hall. Long tables are set for a meal.
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Dining Room at Power Dam Camp

Date: 05 28 1913
Description: Power dam construction workers pausing during a meal in the camp dining room. Oil lamps are hanging from the ceiling; overhead electric lights are also ins...
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Kitchen at Power Dam Camp

Date: 05 28 1913
Description: Cooks posing in the kitchen at the power dam workers' camp.
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Camping at Devil's Lake

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Herman Taylor family camping at Devil's Lake. There is a moving train in the background on railroad tracks along the shoreline of the ...
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High Water in Camp at Power Dam

Date: 10 12 1911
Description: High water has scattered timber pilings through the construction camp. The office is on the right; the smokestacks of the temporary power plant are behind ...
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Conduits for Switchboard in Power House

Date: 07 02 1913
Description: Workers pause while installing a maze of conduit for the switchboard in the power house. The construction camp is to the left.

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