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Lover's Lane

Date: 1911
Description: View of a dirt road winding through a forested area. A building is up the hill to the right of the road.
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Post Office and Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: The exterior of the post office and hotel. A group of boys and men pose at the front of the post office. Another man leans on the side of a wagon. A young ...
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Toll Bridge across the Wisconsin River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view across the Wisconsin River. Men and boys stand on the railing of the covered bridge. A sign warns: "look out for the cars."
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Two cranes and a car at the bridge construction site. Several workers work on carving out the road at the edge of the river.
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Scenic View

Date: 1914
Description: View down path along rough road towards a building labeled "No. 4". The De Soto Depot, railroad tracks, a boxcar, and the Mississippi River are below on th...
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Public School

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the two-story public schoolhouse with a bell cupola and flag pole. There is a wooden sidewalk in front of the school building. Branches and lea...
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Highway 61

Date: 1920
Description: View from hillside of car driving down a winding road. Their are cornfields on both sides of the road.
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Tourist Stop

Date: 1925
Description: View across road of seven young men posing outside of a variety store. Two men have tires placed over their shoulders. The store's sign advertises: "Touris...
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Part of Business Section

Date: 1912
Description: View across road of two men, a dog and a boy standing in front of a variety store.
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down unpaved road of a filling station. Along the side of the station on the left is a hand-pump, and a large tank lying on its side. Three buildings ...
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General Store

Date: 1924
Description: View down road of the exterior of a general store. Men, women, and children pose near the three parked vehicles outside the storefront. One of the vehicles...
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Rolling Ground General Store

Date: 1924
Description: View down path towards a general store with a gas pump on the porch near a sign for Red Crown Gasoline. Two men are working on a car parked in front. Behin...
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Seneca Scenic View

Date: 1912
Description: A scenic view over rolling hills with a road leading to the horizon. There are trees, fields and farm buildings on the left. In the foreground on the right...
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Bird's Eye View

Date: 1909
Description: View from hill down towards homes and businesses surrounded by more hills. A bridge over the Kickapoo River is in the center. Railroad cars are parked on t...
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Lutheran Church

Date: 1930
Description: View across road or path of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which is a wood frame building with a double door entrance with transom windows above, ...
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View of Lynxville

Date: 1912
Description: View along Main Street of shops, horses and townspeople.

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