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Old Fort Winnebago

Date: 1834
Description: Reproduction of an oil painting of Fort Winnebago, which was built in 1827 by Major William Whistler and a detachment of the First Infantry. Caption reads:...
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Sugar Bowl

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Description: Sugar Bowl rock formation. In the foreground is a man in rowboat with the name "Hattie" painted on its side. The river is smooth as glass, and on the oppos...
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Park Hotel, Kilbourn

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Description: External view of Park Hotel, Kilbourn, with men sitting on the veranda.
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Children at Fountain

Date: 1905
Description: Children at fountain on Broadway and Superior. Two girls are sitting in a pony-cart, a girl is looking through a railing with a dog, while a boy is filling...
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Little Wood Burner at Crossing

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Description: Kilbourn; little wood burner locomotive (train engine) at crossing.
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State Experimental Game & Fur Farm

Date: 11 01 1937
Description: View from the road of the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm.
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Collapsed Ice House

Date: 09 17 1930
Description: View along shoreline towards a collapsed ice house.
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Experimental Pea Field

Date: 07 09 1929
Description: Pea field — inoculation experiment. John Bell farms. There are signs in the field.
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Experimental Pea Field

Date: 07 09 1929
Description: Pea field — inoculation experiment. John Bell farms.
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Portage Fairgrounds

Date: 1870
Description: Fairgrounds. In the foreground is a fence and dwellings.
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Portage View

Date: 1856
Description: View of Portage, including St. Mary's Church.
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View From Sherman House

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Description: View from the Sherman House overlooking expansive lawn and river.
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Cattle Pens at Lodi Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of cattle yards near the railroad tracks. A farm and farm buildings can be seen in the background.
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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Sam Blowsnake-Carley at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village wearing a headdress in front of a teepee.
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Dr. Blake's Home

Date: 1877
Description: View of Dr. Blake's (probably Samuel M.) house in Lodi or Prairie du Sac with a white picket fence in front of it. A man is standing in the grass in front ...
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Andrew Amundsen's Farm

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Description: Elevated view of Andrew Amundsen's farm. A man with horses is at a well in the foreground. The well utilizes a well sweep. A barn, house and granary are on...
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Prensor and Ottesen Families leave the Rickelsen Home

Date: 1877
Description: H.A. Prensor and J.A. Ottesen and their families leaving the home of R. Daniel Rickelsen in Lodi.
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R.D. Rickelesen and Guests Play Croquet

Date: 1877
Description: The home of R.D. Rickelesen. Five men and a woman in the foreground dressed in walking costumes are playing croquet with frame house behind; two women are ...
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Lodi School Students Posed by Age

Date: 1877
Description: Lodi School was a three-story brick Romanesque building with a small cupola, built in 1868. It burned on March 28, 1878. It was rebuilt by December 1878, b...
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Lodi Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 1871
Description: Lodi Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, built in 1872 for three thousand dollars. A circular stained glass window is in the front of the building abov...

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