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| Date: | 07 27 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the power dam construction site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. The outline of the coffer dam is easily seen. Three steam-pow... |
| Date: | 08 15 1911 |
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| Description: | Dam site on the Wisconsin river, looking southwest along the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. The coffer dam and two pile drivers are also visible... |
| Date: | 09 12 1911 |
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| Description: | An overview of the dam site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. Three pile drivers are at work on the coffer dam. The railroad trestle is in the ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A man operates an experimental motor cultivator in a field. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A woman with a large white bow in her hair stands behind shocks of grain in a field. She holds pieces of grain in her mouth and hands. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A small boy in a cap drinks from a heavy water jug near shocks of grain in a field. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Three men on the ground lift a large pile of hay to two men on a wagon drawn by two horses. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Three men using pitchforks to lift hay onto a wagon drawn by two horses. |
| Date: | 10 14 1927 |
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| Description: | Two men, one identified as P.T. Schraider, pose in the middle of a field. |
| Date: | 08 14 1936 |
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| Description: | Farm and field near a rural tree-lined road. Cars and trucks can be seen in the distance. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Kern family with other picnickers in a horse-drawn wagon. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Horse and carriage traveling on dirt road along the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Munger's Mill, built in 1883, on the Wisconsin River at Kilbourn. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Dr. Edward A. Bass posing near boathouses and pond (Montello Lake). |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Two men use an International tractor to pull a disc harrow through a farm field. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Two farmers use an International tractor to pull a disc harrow through a field. Several farm buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 09 18 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of pile drivers at work on the coffer dam. Pilings are also floating within the confines of the dam. The shoreline can be seen in the backgro... |
| Date: | 09 23 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers standing on the barge-mounted, steam-driven pile driver at work on the coffer dam. |
| Date: | 11 1969 |
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| Description: | The Quinney farm basement with clothes and shoes against the wall. |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad... |
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