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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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Zinc Miners

Date: 1910
Description: Zinc miners posing with an ore bucket down in a mine.
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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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Straw Lead Furnace

Date: 1880
Description: A straw lead furnace, an open hearth furnace where lead sulphite (Galena) was roasted. Located on the Rountree branch of the Little Platte River, Richard S...
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Old Soldiers' Reunion

Date: 1927
Description: Old Soldiers' Reunion on the public square.
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Platteville School District #10 Rural School

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Description: Small rural clapboard schoolhouse with class posing at entrance. There is a dog sitting on the right side of the building, and cows are in a field in the b...
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Blacksmith Wanamaker

Date: 1870
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of a studio portrait of Blacksmith Wanamaker and an unidentified man standing on either side of an anvil. The man on the left is holding ...
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Local Centennial

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing between a man and woman next to an automobile. The woman has her arm around Margaret's waist. Margaret is we...

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