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Dewey Presidential Campaign Train

Date: 1944
Description: Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the Republican Party presidential candidate aboard the campaign train, making a stop in Baraboo.
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Draftees

Date: 09 05 1917
Description: Eight men drafted to serve in World War I stand on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse. They would leave that day for the newly constructed Camp Grant,...
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Green Ram Theater Picnic

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: Three people enjoying a picnic at the Green Ram Theater north of Baraboo.
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Man Posing as Orator

Date: 1916
Description: Unidentified man wearing medals, in studio pose apparently as orator, with raised hand.
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A Turkey at Krueger's

Date: 1925
Description: A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol...
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Eight Men

Date: 1925
Description: Seven men, five in work clothes and two wearing suits pose on the steps in front of a wooden building, which is a machine shop, with large paned windows. O...
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Sauk County Conscripts

Date: 05 06 1918
Description: A group of 32 draftees pose on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse before leaving Baraboo for Columbus Barracks in Ohio. There are paper tags attached ...
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Sauk County Conscripts

Date: 05 27 1918
Description: A group of more than 70 draftees poses on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse on the day they left Baraboo for Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Most...
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Elderly Couple Smelling Herbs

Date: 04 18 1945
Description: Elderly couple standing in a room with dried herbs hanging from the rafters, and bottles on a shelf in the background. The man is smelling dried herbs in a...
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Resting at Devil's Lake

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Description: Three motorcycle riders are posing on boulders along the shore of Devil's Lake. One rider (a woman?) is partially out of the frame on the left. Elmer, righ...

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