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Walking to School

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Description: Winter scene with children bundled-up against the cold carrying their lunch pails down a snowy rural path to the one room school house called the Pahquahah...
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Castle Rock in Camp Douglas

Date: 1937
Description: Castle Rock. Castle Rock is an example of a monadnock or inselberg, a geological formation common in northern and central Wisconsin.
Drawing

Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains

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Description: "Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains to the Army at Springfield, MO." Men on horseback are riding along a trail carrying supplies.
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Merritt Prairie

Date: 1992
Description: Adult walking the path through Merritt Prairie off Keslinger Road in DeKalb County.
Postcard

Lake Park and Drive

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Description: Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo...
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Lovers Lane

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Description: A grassy path in the woods.
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Footbridge over Stream

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Description: Rustic log footbridge over a creek in the woods.
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Outdoor Group Portrait

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a large group of men, women, and children on a trail or path among trees. Possibly a family reunion or other gathering.
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Everetta and Cary in Buggy

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta and Cary Bass in a horse-drawn carriage with an unidentified woman. Behind them is a fence, trees, and a field.
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View from Field of La Farge

Date: 1924
Description: View over valley of town in the distance. A low hill is in the background. A fence and a path are near trees in the foreground.
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Residential Footpath

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Description: A residential footpath along a rural street. It crosses a small stream with a bridge. Homes are visible in the background and telephone poles run alongside...
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Creek Running Under Footbridge

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Description: Two men are near a creek, swollen with rainwater, running through Center Park. A footbridge crosses the creek which has large stones along its banks. Trees...
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Swollen Stream with Bridge

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Description: The Root River, swollen with rainwater and/or snow melt, runs under a bridge on which a man is walking. Recently built houses are visible in the misty back...
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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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Barn Bluff

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Description: Stereograph of elevated view of Barn Bluff. The Mississippi River is in the far background.
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The Old Santa Fe Trail

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Description: View west of Dodge City, of the Old Santa Fe Trail.
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Noah Webster House

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Description: View toward the Noah Webster House, the home of American lexicographer Noah Webster, the author of the first American dictionary (1828), probably built cir...
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The Hawthorne House

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Description: View over stream toward the Hawthorne House, childhood home of American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (7/4/1804 – 5/19/1864) built ar...
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Muddy Pathway on Farmland

Date: 1911
Description: View of open gate and a muddy path through farmland along a fence. Corn shocks are in the field on the left.
Postcard

A Stroll through Donges Bay

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Description: Well-dressed group of three women and one man walking along a dirt road lined with fences and telephone poles. Caption reads: "A Stroll through Donges Bay....

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