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Prospecting for Lead

Date: 06 1949
Description: Gophering, or prospecting for lead using a windlass at Maplewood Farm.
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Wisconsin River Flood

Date: 04 18 1965
Description: Wisconsin River in flood, looking downstream.
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Wrecked and Abandoned Automobiles in Pasture

Date: 05 16 1962
Description: Wrecked and abandoned automobiles in a hidden rural hollow.
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Hills and Fog at Sunrise

Date: 07 04 1965
Description: Hills and fog at sunrise, looking out from the north side of the Wisconsin River.
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Field with Wagon Tracks and Fence

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: Several fields containing wagon tracks along the side of a fence, in the vicinity of Highway P.
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Lover's Lane

Date: 1918
Description: A tree-lined road the locals know as Lover's Lane.
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Covered Railroad Bridge

Date: 1933
Description: Elevated view of a covered railroad bridge over a calm body of water, with bluffs in the background.
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Shoestring School

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Description: View of the one-room schoolhouse, located 2 1/2 miles south of Dickeyville.
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Cow Pasture

Date: 05 30 1966
Description: View from hill of cows grazing below in a pasture, as seen through a cluster of trees in bud.
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Wrecked Automobile Remnants

Date: 08 19 1961
Description: Several wrecked automobiles lay on the edge of a wooded area. Shrubs grow around, and in, the automobile remains.
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Gray's Mill School, Disrtict 17

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Description: Small white clapboard schoolhouse in South Lancaster Township, with class standing outside in front. There is a barn on a hill in the background.
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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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Beetown School District #6

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Description: View from road of Budworth one-room white clapboard schoolhouse, built in 1888. The building sits between a wood shed and an outhouse, with open fields bey...
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Beetown School District #7

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Description: A man stands behind a fence and in front of a clapboard schoolhouse and outhouse on a hill. There is a bell tower on the school building.
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Lower Beetown School

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Description: Lower Beetown clapboard schoolhouse with bell tower and path.
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Bloomington School District #2

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Description: View from crossroads of the one-room Bloomington School surrounded by trees. A small girl stands near the front door.
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Fennimore District School Building & Class

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Description: A group of children with their teacher posing on the lawn outside a one-room school building.
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Fennimore Joint District #2 School Building and Class

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Description: Group portrait of children and their teacher posing on the lawn outside a clapboard school building. On the left side of the building is a stone foundation...
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Fennimore District #4 School Building

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Description: View from dirt road of a woman standing in the doorway of a stone one-room schoolhouse. An outhouse is behind the school.
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Fennimore District #4 School Building

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Description: Wood frame one-room school house.

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