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Indian Graves

Date: 1911
Description: Two graves built side by side within a birch branch enclosure. Each grave has an individual wooden fence around it.
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Pet Cemetery

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Description: London, England. Cat and dog cemetery used by nobility.
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An Indian Grave

Date: 1910
Description: A flag decorated with a floral design marks an Indian grave near Fall Lake.
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Indian Graves

Date: 1910
Description: Two Indian graves, with a flag next to each one.
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Grave Detail

Date: 1910
Description: A detail of a grave at an Indian village by Namakan lake. There is a box containing various tokens by the wooden coffin.
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Cemetery at Lake Ripley

Date: 09 09 2014
Description: Large and small stone grave markers standing on a grassy lawn. Trees block the view of the lake below the cemetery.
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Liberty Prairie Cemetery

Date: 02 05 2015
Description: View of a metal sign to a cemetery that reads: "Liberty Prairie" on an ornate wire background. Grave markers in the snow are in the background.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church at Hope

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Description: The Evangelical Lutheran Church with a cemetery in the churchyard. Caption reads: "Ev. Luth. Church at Hope, Dane Co., Wis." Also known as Hope Lutheran C...
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Castle Rock Lutheran Church After the Memorial Service

Date: 07 18 2015
Description: View up slope towards men and women walking along a grass path through a cemetery towards a church. The church is a one-room brick building with a steeple....
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Recording Angel

Date: 1971
Description: A bronze statue of a female angel holding a large book in her lap is in front of a marble gravestone. Gravestones are in the background on the right.
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Katherine Legge Memorial

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: View across lawn, with shrubs and trees, towards a memorial, in stone, in the grass. A containers of flowers are in front of the memorial.
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Soldier Praying Over a Mass Grave

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Description: German soldier kneeling on the ground at a mass grave site to say a prayer in honor of his fallen comrades.
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Washburn Monument Oak Grove Cemetery

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Description: View of the Washburn Monument obelisk surrounded by a fence in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption at the top reads: "La Crosse, Wis." Caption at the bottom reads:...
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Lagoon and Rustic Bridge, Catholic Cemetery

Date: 1909
Description: Hand-colored view of the lagoon and stone bridge in the Catholic Cemetery. Caption reads: "Lagoon and Rustic Bridge, Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis."
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Ojibwa Graves

Date: 07 1936
Description: Wooden roof-like grave covers and fences mark the graves in a Madeline Island cemetery. There is also a wooden cross on the right. Originally named St. Jo...
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Part of Rock Lake Cemetery

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Description: View of a cemetery with graves among trees. Place File: check Postcards, and add captions. Caption reads: "Part of Rock Lake Cemetery, Lake Mills, Wis."
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Oschwald Tomb

Date: 1935
Description: The tomb of Rev. Ambrose Oschwald (1801-1873), faced with fieldstone, is built into the hillside behind the Loretto chapel at St. Nazianz cemetery. White ...
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Remains of Town in Cracow

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Description: The remains of Meierhofes in Poskitow north of Cracow in Russian territory. The Meierhof was assaulted five times by Austro-Hungarian troops and always rec...
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Digging Soldier's Graves in Russian Poland

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Description: "Oh Czar, could you ever imagine this." In the palace garden, Russian prisoners digging graves for our brave soldiers who have died heroes' deaths in Russi...
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Examining Vandalized Tombstones

Date: 05 21 1979
Description: Two women are standing between rows of gravestones in a cemetery. Some of the gravestones have been knocked over. One woman is pointing over her shoulder w...

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