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| Description: | The first building built for the Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green. Exterior view of the Hillside Home Building, a Shingle Style building, de... |
| Date: | 05 16 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a two-floor school building with a covered front entrance underneath a bell tower. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "School B... |
| Date: | 05 15 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a poster promoting Bruce with seven photographs. The fairgrounds, Main Street, farm scene, Catholic Church, Chippewa River bridge,... |
| Date: | 06 19 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Buff Creek Farm. The farmhouse is on the left and the barn and outbuildings are on the right. A man and an automobile are nea... |
| Date: | 08 1909 |
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| Description: | View of trees and dirt road in Oak Park. Caption reads: "Oak Park, Army Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 06 15 1950 |
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| Description: | View of outhouses in a wooded area. |
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| Description: | Historical marker identifying the location of the first house in Wisconsin built between Washburn and Ashland in 1658. |
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| Description: | View across water towards two schooners off the shore of Madeline Island, one of the islands that comprise the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. Two large ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline of an old bridge over the Rock River. Caption reads: "Old Bridge, Aztalan, Wis." |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a train wreck. Survivors and onlookers are gathered on and around the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Wreck... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a river with a dam waterfall. A road runs along the far side of the river, and a large barn is across the road on the right. Caption reads: "Scenic... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a river scene and neighboring farm. Caption reads: "Scenic View on Milwaukee River, near Campbellsport, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated, photographic postcard view of Nelson Dewey Memorial State Park. There are railroad tracks in the foreground; the Mississippi River is in the back... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photograph postcard view down road toward a house and water tower surrounded by shrubs and trees. Caption reads: "'The Knoll' Crystal Lake, Westfield, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of a barn, with two men and cows in the barnyard. There are patches of snow on the ground. |
| Date: | 08 22 1910 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people is posing near a haystack surrounded by debris. Caption reads: "Wreck at Mrs. Biederwolf, Fredonia, Wis." |
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| Description: | View down a dirt road stretching over a rolling hill. The land around it is clear of trees. Machinery is on the side of the road. Caption reads: "U.S. Hwy ... |
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| Description: | View from a hay field on a hill looking towards pastures and fields in a valley. Caption reads: "Harvest Scene in Bostwick Valley, La Crosse, Wis." |
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| Description: | View towards a farmhouse nestled among trees. Caption reads: ", Wis."Caption reads: "Bill Hooker's Farm Home Near Beulah Lake, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 05 24 1911 |
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| Description: | A group of soldiers with rifles standing on a dirt road. A horse and carriage are behind them, and a farm with farm buildings are in the distance. Caption ... |
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