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Postcard

Commercial Hotel

Date: 06 28 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand...
Photograph

Man at Water Pump

Date: 1965
Description: A man hand pumps water in the yard outside of White Station Freedom House. "In all the rural Freedom Houses (and all rural houses) wells and outhous...
Photograph

Scene at Plain

Date: 1921
Description: View of men standing near a T-intersection. The three-story building on the left side of the intersection has a sandwich board advertising "Ice Cream." A m...
Photograph

Home of Willard Nuss

Date: 1933
Description: Submitted as an example of "The Homes of Pupils," this two-story Victorian house was the parsonage of Peace Reformed Church and home of Pastor Edward P. Nu...
Photograph

J.H. Frazier Residence

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Description: View from street of the J.H. Frazier Residence, which is a two-story wood frame home with a porch and a balcony. There is a small garden in the center of t...
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1930
Description: View up hill of the public school, which is a two-story wood frame building with a belfry in the center of the roof. Stairs lead to the arched entrance, an...
Photograph

The Heritage Farm after the Tornado

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: View of damaged farmhouse and group of people sitting and standing outdoors. The roof was blown off and windows were shattered. Four women stand in the yar...
Photograph

Ruins of Cyclone — William Brace Farm

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: View across yard of a storm-damaged farmhouse. In the foreground is an overturned automobile. The windows of the house have been blown out and the roof has...
Photograph

Congregational Parsonage

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Description: View from road of parsonage. There is a porch on the right side, and a hand-pump on the back stoop of a smaller, one-story section of the parsonage in the ...
Postcard

City Water Pumping Station

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard with an elevated view of the pumping station. On the left is a bridge over the river, and buildings on a strip of land between the river...
Photograph

Getting Water

Date: 1931
Description: George Stallman and Walter Shinkus pose with a bucket at the water pump outside the Tibbets School. They are "getting water for the school." There are hou...
Photograph

Meadow Brook Resort on Highway 13

Date: 1925
Description: View across lawn of the main building of Meadow Brook Resort. An automobile is parked in the drive and a group of young women are posed sitting in front of...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man using a Light Running Plano in a field with two horses. Around the border are illustrations of types of le...
Photograph

Family in Front of their Home

Date: 1905
Description: View across yard of an unidentified family posing in front of their home. In the foreground is a hand-pump. From the left a young boy is sitting in a rocki...
Photograph

Brick and Cement Pump House

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Description: View across river or stream towards a pump house along a stony shoreline. A large pipe supported on trestles is attached to the right side of the building....
Map or Atlas

Village of Lake Delton, Sauk County, Wis. : Located in Sections 16, 20 & 21, T13N, R6E

Date: 03 1964
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, some landownership, disposal plant and pumping station, streets, parks, and vacated land. Lake Delton and streets are...
Photograph

Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...
Photograph

International 10 HP Engine

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Description: Group of men and young boys standing around an International 10 HP engine pumping 953 gallons per minute.
Photograph

Reetz Pump House

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Description: Reetz pump house, a small shed built under the base of a derrick. A woman is standing by the open door with her hand on her hip, and two men are inside, on...
Photograph

Reetz Pump House

Date: 
Description: View through open door towards the Reetz Pump House, where inside two men are operating a pump. One of them may be Steve Hopkins.

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