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Filter: Year of 1910-1919
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Burial grounds in La Pointe. A man is standing in the center with his back turned to the camera. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | French Cemetery. The Stone tombs are the graves of Joseph Rolette and his daughter, Elisabeth. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Staudenmayer grave marker set amid the lush vegetation of Durwards Glen. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A stone obelisk marks the grave of Jonas Tower in a country cemetery. A smaller obelisk stands to the left, and other grave markers can be seen in the bac... |
| Date: | 07 19 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the cemetery, with scattered tombstones among the trees. Caption reads: "Cemetey[sic] Alma, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | This 1915 map covers portions of Barron, Chippewa, and Rusk counties in Wisconsin. Shown are the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, ra... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two young men in a cynical pose, leaning against a siding wall, with a mock grave (headboard, hat and coat) in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | The Stewart mausoleum located in Pine Grove Cemetery. Flowers and a wreath are at the front door of the mausoleum. |
| Date: | 07 13 1918 |
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| Description: | View of the excavation of two graves located on University Hill (now Bascom Hill). Main Hall (now Bascom Hall) can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 08 1918 |
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| Description: | Excavation site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill during preparation for placement of the Abraham Lincoln monument circle. The legs and shoes of a ma... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Hundreds of graves for fallen soldiers at Dead Man's Hill. Captioned: "Cemetery at foot of Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill). Notice the 'communication trenches... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | A cross marking the grave of a German soldier. Other graves are in the background. Captioned: "A 'Fritz'." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Freshly dug graves and piles of dirt at Vaux Varannes. Caption reads: "Graves for prospective 'guests' at Vaux Varennes." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A dilapidated grave near Mac Laren's Hudson's Bay Company Store and Sturgeon Lake. The coffin is covered with birch bark. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Two graves built side by side within a birch branch enclosure. Each grave has an individual wooden fence around it. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A flag decorated with a floral design marks an Indian grave near Fall Lake. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A detail of a grave at an Indian village by Namakan lake. There is a box containing various tokens by the wooden coffin. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Mass grave for German soldiers killed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the Dardanelles. |
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