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Monthly Market Fair

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of farmer's wagons, teams, and pedestrian traffic crowd Princeton's main street for the monthly market fair. Some snow is on the ground and a...
Photograph

Spreading Lime

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Description: In a cloud of dust, two farmers spread lime on the field of C. Morris, Green Lake, with an endgate spreader drawn by a team of horses.
Photograph

Clam Fishing

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of six men on the shore of a river, with piles of clam shells inside loose wooden fences near a pile of firewood and an axe. The firewood may...
Photograph

Scattered Picnickers

Date: 1885
Description: Scattered figures of a picnic party on a grassy slope.
Painting

The Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Cranberry harvesters at work. Mural painting in the U.S. Post Office at Berlin, Wis.
Photograph

Two Men Standing in Alfalfa Field

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Description: Two men standing in an alfalfa field. Trees are in the background.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Upper Fox River Historic Marker

Date: 10 07 1957
Description: Mrs. Steve McNamara (left), granddaughter of Nathan Strong, the founder of the city of Berlin, then named Strong's Landing, spoke at the dedication ceremon...
Photograph

Making Chowder

Date: 08 1940
Description: Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou...
Photograph

Hunters with Bucks

Date: 11 1976
Description: Two men wearing red and orange clothing are kneeling on the ground and posing with their bucks in front of a trailer.
Photograph

Hunters Hanging Deer

Date: 11 1976
Description: Six men are hanging bucks from a rack made of timbers outside of a private sports club.
Photograph

Unidentified People at Dock

Date: 1895
Description: View towards shoreline with several people on or near a docked boat next to a pier. An African-American woman is sitting under a tree with a white baby on ...
Photograph

Bernhagen House and Family

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man and woman are standing between two columns on the front porch of a wood frame house. There are two younger women at right, with one sitt...
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Fisherman

Date: 1963
Description: Slightly elevated view of a fisherman standing on the rocks below a spillway. Trees are along the shoreline. On the right is a picnic area, and on the hori...
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Group at Mt. Moriah

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, far left, is sitting on the ground in front of his sister Mae and next to his sister Hattie in front of a large rock outcropping. Their ...
Photograph

Group at Mt. Moriah

Date: 1905
Description: A group of five women and a man are posing in front of a large rock outcropping. The man who is standing at right is unidentified. Leta von der Sump is sta...
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Victor Reidel Speaking on Early Wisconsin Painting

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: A man on the right is standing in front of an audience, with several paintings on display behind him. Caption reads: "Green Lake, Wis. June 21-22, 1957. An...
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Canning Factory

Date: 1977
Description: Slightly elevated view of women who are working processing corn on a canning assembly line at the Fall River Canning Company. They are wearing aprons and g...
Photograph

Wisconsin Granite Company — Crushers at Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: Angled view across two sets of railroad tracks toward industrial buildings along a hill on the left. A locomotive pulling a railroad car is coming down the...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Granite Company — Crushed Granite

Date: 1910
Description: View across open field toward a large group of men posing on a large pile of granite. There is a large industrial building in the background on the right. ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View towards railroad tracks and men working with large pieces of stone. In the distance is the town of Berlin. Caption at bottom reads: "Granite Quarry — ...

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