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Field with Wagon Tracks and Fence

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: Several fields containing wagon tracks along the side of a fence, in the vicinity of Highway P.
Photograph

Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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Woman and Lambs

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene with woman tending lambs in a snow-covered farmyard with log buildings in the background.
Drawing

Drawing of Cassville

Date: 1829
Description: Drawing of Cassville depicting a horse cart on the river's edge, with men and boats.
Photograph

D.F. Brown House in Bloomington

Date: 1890
Description: D.F. Brown house during the spring or summer, with two elm trees, three children and a woman. A picket fence runs along the sidewalk in the front of the ho...
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Cornish Miner's Homes in British Hollow

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Description: Cornish miner's homes on a hill, with surrounding landscape.
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Ivey and Webb General Store in British Hollow

Date: 1930
Description: Ivey and Webb general store, with trees and a hill behind, and in front a man standing under the store's awning.
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John Geiger House

Date: 1895
Description: Geiger house, residence of John Geiger. His son, Ferdinand A. Geiger, was a Federal District Judge in Milwaukee from 1912 through the 1930s.
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Habermann Hotel and Buffet

Date: 1900
Description: View across dirt road of two businesses. On the left is a two-story brick building with large windows which are painted with signs that say: "Habermann Buf...
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Aerial View of Town and Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Aerial view of town. The Mississippi River and far shoreline is in the background. The Furnace Branch creek runs through the town in the foreground.
Postcard

St. Rose Church in Cuba City

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of St. Rose Roman Catholic Church, with an inset of the interior looking towards the altar. Caption reads: "Catholic Church, Cuba City, Wis."
Photograph

Empire House Hotel

Date: 08 1925
Description: A view of the front of the Empire House Hotel, showing the porch and balcony. There are many wicker chairs on the porch, and there is an automobile parked ...
Photograph

Jenckes House

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Jenckes house, home of Dr. J.L. Jenckes, physician and surgeon.
Postcard

St. Francis' Church

Date: 1900
Description: Caption reads: "St. Francis' Church, Hazel Green, Wis."
Postcard

Hillside Cemetery

Date: 1909
Description: Caption reads: "Main Entrance — Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Wis."
Photograph

A Lancaster Home

Date: 1865
Description: Stereograph elevated view of a home in Lancaster.
Photograph

Lancaster behind Fencing

Date: 1865
Description: Stereograph of Lancaster from behind a wooden fence.
Photograph

Farwell Hotel

Date: 1865
Description: Stereograph view looking downhill towards the three-story Farwell Hotel in Lancaster.
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"Rock Church"

Date: 1910
Description: The "Rock Church". At this time there were only two churches in or near Livingston; one a Free Methodist and the other a Methodist Episcopal Church. This i...
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Platteville Coon Dog Race

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Coon dogs starting race with handlers and spectators in background.

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