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The Sauk Prairie

Date: 1892
Description: A view of the Sauk Prairie looking south. From the left are the photographer's brother, Frank Bass; Mrs. Edward (Ada Burlingame) Bass and her daughter, Eve...
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Boating on Devil's Lake

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Description: Two men and a woman attend to boats in the lake, while three children wait ashore.
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Group Looking over Fence

Date: 1906
Description: A group of adults, including Harry E. Cole (center), stand behind a fence. A sign on the fence reads, "YOU CAN'T PLAY IN OUR BACK YARD."
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Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: Visitors to the Sauk County Fair walk by sideshow attractions and concession stands while others stand and converse. The "Grand Electric Palace," a "$10,0...
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Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: A double exposure of a landscape featuring a very large tree and farm houses superimposed on an image of buildings and crowds at the Sauk County Fairground...
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Wooded Marshland

Date: 09 04 1961
Description: A wooded marshland as seen from Durward's Glen Road. In the center distance, a house and outbuildings can be seen.
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Field Hollow

Date: 06 04 1961
Description: Landscape view of a shaded field hollow on George Melanthin's farm.
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Marsh Grass

Date: 11 11 1961
Description: A field of marsh grass with a barbed wire fence.
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Corn Crib

Date: 06 04 1961
Description: View up a hill towards a small corn crib in the sunlight. On the left is a barn.
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Country Cemetery

Date: 07 21 1963
Description: View of a small cemetery in the countryside with a tree in the center. The cemetery is enclosed by a thin metal fence with gate. There is a hill in the bac...
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The Wendt Farm

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: View down the long tree-lined driveway of the Wendt farmhouse. A decorative fence post with a wheel is at the entrance to the driveway.
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Wooden Rural Fence

Date: 1969
Description: A close-up view of a wooden fence that is painted white. Just behind the fence is a portion of a stone wall or old foundation. In the far background, a tre...
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Hunting Stand in a Tree

Date: 1969
Description: A covered hunting stand rests in a large tree. The tree grows in an open field, with a hill and woods in the background.
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Early Sunlight on a Hillside

Date: 07 1965
Description: Early sunlight shines on a pasture hillside. A small tree and a small, wooden pen are in the foreground. In the background, numerous trees grow on the hill...
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Winding Farm Road

Date: 09 1967
Description: View from below of a long, dirt road winding along a hill that leads up to a farm. A small tree grows in the foreground.
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The Empire House

Date: 1926
Description: A copy of a duo-tone print of the exterior of a three-story wooden classical revival building identified as the Empire House.
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Ice Storm

Date: 1922
Description: Winter scene of a Baraboo, Wisconsin, alley after an ice storm, possibly March 2, 1922. Utility poles are leaning and their wires sag under the weight of t...
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Family Camping

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American (possibly Ho-Chunk) family rests at their campsite under a large tree. There is a bucket suspended over a small campfire.
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Cornfield

Date: 1925
Description: Corn shocks stand in a field with several pumpkins on the ground. There is a stream or river along the field, and in the background is a bridge over a dam...
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Farm Scene

Date: 1925
Description: A farm scene with a fence and gate, and milk can in the foreground. In the background is a large barn with a stone foundation, with a man walking nearby.

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