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Mineral Point Railroad Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #280 at the Mineral Point depot. A group of people stand on the platform. The depot was built in 1857, ...
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Mining Scene

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Description: An unidentified mining scene where two men are cranking a windlass, common only in early lead and zinc mining in southwest Wisconsin. The windlass was used...
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First National Bank

Date: 1900
Description: The First National Bank that was the Iowa County Building between 1843 and 1860, then the W.T. Henry Bank and post office. Men are standing outside on the ...
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Mineral Spring Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Mineral Spring Brewery, located on 272 Shake Rag Street, erected in 1850 (currently 276 Shake Rag Street). A group of four men are posing outdoors on the r...
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Polperro Undergoing Restoration

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s...
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Plum Grove School, Class Photo

Date: 02 12 1900
Description: Front Row: Edyth Jobe, Joe Nunamaker, Tommy Bradshaw, Bob Winnett, Jack Williams, Alex Nunamaker, Lee Winnett, and Ethel Baumgartner. Second Row: Cora Jobe...
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Blue Grass Country Club

Date: 1929
Description: Two men and two women play a game of golf at the Blue Grass Country Club. One man tees off as the other three players watch.
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Open Fields

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down hill of open, grassy fields and houses on a hill in the distance. At the bottom of the hill in the foreground is a stream running through...
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Rephotographic Pair: Mineral Point Railroad Depot

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the railroad depot building in Mineral Point. The vintage view shows a locomotive and a group of men. The modern view r...
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Joseph Gundry Family House in Mineral Point

Date: 09 28 2014
Description: View of a woman (facing away) standing indoors in front of an ornate doorway at the Joseph Gundry House. A white lace curtain is covering the large window ...
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Touring Pendarvis House

Date: 08 1940
Description: A group of eight young men, all Georgia Junior Rangers, and two of their guides, are posing in front of Pendarvis House, a Cornish miner's cottage. Five me...
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Comtemporary Contrast

Date: 1975
Description: View down hill towards a man driving a large sled pulled by two draft horses up the hill through the snow. Further down the hill in the background is a sno...

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