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Pond at Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1879
Description: A pond at the Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery (aka Nevin Fish Hatchery, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road) with a sign reading "Brook Trout 3 and 4 years old." Funds f...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Osceola Section 1

Date: 10 1911
Description: Section 1 of a Sanborn map of Osceola.
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby, Mineral Point Racers

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Soap Box Derby racers from Mineral Point.
Photograph

Parkers Mill

Date: 
Description: View across water with rocky shoreline toward the Parkers Mill. There is a rocky cliff in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Parker's Mill, Mason ...
Photograph

Farmall Tractor and Liftall Loader

Date: 04 08 1941
Description: View of right side of a Farmall B(?) tractor equipped with rear tire chains and an "improved model B" liftall loader. The tractor is parked outdoors near a...
Photograph

Sanitarium Bath

Date: 
Description: View of a sanitarium bath near a pond at a sulphur spring. The waters were advertised to aid kidney and stomach troubles.
Photograph

Elevated View of Dam

Date: 1912
Description: Wooden flood gate of a dam. Water pours over the gate down into a reservoir. There are signs on either post advertising the interstate fair in La Crosse on...
Photograph

Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Mrs. Arthur Fecht, Highland, attaches bait to her line while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men are working in a field near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. People are watching at the edge of the field in the background. On a hill above...
Photograph

Lawson Plant Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field across pond towards Alfred Lawson's aircraft plant, with buildings and smokestacks. Men are working with a pile of lumber on the l...
Photograph

Forgotten Pool

Date: 1956
Description: Pool at an old distillery in Hamilton. On the left are trees and shrubs. On the right is a stone building that is arched over the pool. Above the arch is a...
Postcard

Hyde's Mill

Date: 1988
Description: Text on front, at the foot: "Wisconsin." The color image of Hyde's Mill has an overlay of a map of the southwest corner of Wisconsin inside a red frame. Th...
Postcard

Wolf River Paper & Fiber Company

Date: 1904
Description: Text on the front reads: "Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co., Shawano, Wis." Industrial buildings with a millpond in the foreground. The mill was founded in 1894...
Postcard

Country House Motel

Date: 1963
Description: Text on front reads: "Country House Motel." On reverse: "Country House Motel. Northwest's Finest - Highways 53 and 63. Room Phones - Color TV - Air-Conditi...
Map or Atlas

Marion Township; City of Mauston

Date: 1914
Description: Pg. 44 West Half of Marion Township. Pg. 45 East Half of Marion Township.

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