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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
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Pit at Lead Mine

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Description: Pit at Hazel Green lead mine.
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the town.
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Nelson Dewey State Park

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Description: Elevated view from bluff of a house in Cassville surrounded by bluffs, trees and farmland. Railroad tracks run between the crops and the trees, and the Mis...
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Threshing Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View across field of threshing scene, with steam-powered threshing machine and horse-drawn wagons. A large group of workers pose with men in suits. On the ...
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873.
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South Lancaster Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This store, which was originally built in 1840 (and rebuilt after an 1877 fire) was bought in 1891, by Samuel Kerr who continued to sell sugar, flour, mola...
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Bird's Eye View

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Description: Bird's-eye view of Bloomington. In the open space, there are trees and a creek. In the developed area, there are stores, apartments, and barns. The buildin...
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Looking South from Stand Pipe

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view from the water tower. There is a laundry line in the backyard of the white house in the foreground. A car is driving down the road. In the di...
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Bird's-Eye View of Blue River

Date: 1913
Description: Bird's-eye view of the village. Cropland and barns cover much of the landscape.
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Looking West from Bluff

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Description: A bird's-eye view of a farmland property with barns and farmhouse.
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Bird's-Eye View — Boscobel

Date: 1913
Description: View of town. There is a cemetery in the foreground.
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Bird's-Eye View — Boscobel

Date: 1915
Description: View of town. A cemetery is in the foreground and a race track is in the center.
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Laying 90 # Rail — Near Cassville, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad near a farm field.
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down an unpaved street in the business district. The buildings along the street include: a pool room, restaurant, opera house, W.G. Baxter's dry goods...
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Mount Ida Public School

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the public schoolhouse, which features a bell tower and two arched entrances.
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Velie Automobile

Date: 1914
Description: Two men sitting in an open car in a field. There is a bluff in the background. On the front of the car underneath the windshield is a license plate with th...
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Collapsed Barn

Date: 1920
Description: Two men and a child look at a barn that has collapsed, possibily due to a windstorm or tornado.
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1920
Description: View from low hill of a stream flowing through fields. There are cows in the pasture on the right. In the distance is a bridge, road, and buildings.

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