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Winifred Bundy and Bill Morgan

Date: 08 04 2004
Description: Winifred Bundy, secretary of the School of Music at UW-Madison, and her uncle, Bill Morgan. Both recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Mullein Plant

Date: 2001
Description: Mullein plant on the edge of the woods on the Quinney farm.
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Goldenrod

Date: 2001
Description: Goldenrod growing on the edge of the woods on the Quinney farm.
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Cochrane Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 402 South Main Street, Henry E. Kochenderfer's service station, which opened in 1933, proudly dispensed Phillips 66 gasoline from three pumps o...
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Madison — Severson's Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 2089 Atwood Avenue, a former service station was successfully transformed into a diner — Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Mequon Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This contemporary station and convenience store was built in 2004 but harkens back to the early decades of the twentieth century when communities pressured...
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Muskego Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In the early 1920s, Prussian immigrant John Bosch constructed a simple, rectangular brick service garage with a canted corner at a prime location: the inte...
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Stoughton Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The station at 480 East Main Street was built around 1939-1940. Despite having a string of owners, the building has experienced very little change in appea...
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Gas Pumps in Grass

Date: 2008
Description: Robert Broetzman's tribute to the history of gasoline.
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Staiduhar Barn — South View

Date: 2004
Description: This is the Staiduhar barn from the south. Bill Staiduhar is a retired Harley Davidson employee.
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Jaster Barn — Second Barn

Date: 2004
Description: William and Edna Knueppel and Harry, Sr. and Leona Geschke farmed on this property before the Jasters took possession.
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Paul or Schoebel Barns — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Jesse and Janet Paul, who live across from this barn, at W155 West Bend Road, have been here for 33 years. Jesse has been wheelchair-bound for 11 years.
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Roecker or Ehler Barn

Date: 2004
Description: John and Tammy Roecker with their children Cayla 3, Courtlyn 4, and (not pictured) Cody & Cassie. They live across the road from this barn at W4161 Mountai...
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Roecker or Ehler Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: The Roeckers, who live across the road, have lived there for 1 1/2 years. These farm buildings are owned by Rob Ehlers of Mayville.
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Lichtenberg Barn

Date: 2004
Description: This barn, at 1915 Hwy 28, is owned by Roy and Sandy Lichtenberg. The last time cows were milked here was in 1988.
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Hmong Teens

Date: 2007
Description: Three Hmong teenagers posing for a group portrait sitting on a bench.
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Eilbes Smokehouse — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Allen Eilbes stands by this very old smokehouse. They used to smoke sausage in here.
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Bernhard Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: This neatly-kept barn at W903 Hwy DD (Section 11) is owned by Ron and Karen Bernhard. They purchased the farm in 1990 from the William Beck family.
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Enderle Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Jim and Doris Enderle and Jim's mother, Emma and her husband, Lawrence, farmed here at N9473 Mohawk Rd (Section 1). Milked last in 1993.
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Wiedmeyer Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Harold and Florence Wiedmeyer live at N7821 West Bend Rd (Section 25). Florence has played the accordion all her life. Even as a very young girl she playe...

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