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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A man, his wife and their two children are posing in front of their farmstead. The man is holding a team of horses. Another horse pulling a buggy is in the... |
| Date: | 01 1913 |
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| Description: | Page from manuscript keepsake scrapbook containing an image of a kitchen stove and of a toilet. Caption below the kitchen stove reads: "Some of the machine... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Droster farm located on Felland Road. The house was built in 1854. |
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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... |
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| Description: | View of house and farm buildings in Ableman with a rocky hill in the background. |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Automobiles park in front of the Riverside Hotel, located in a rural area. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town and surrounding area. The brick building at the photograph's bottom center is labeled "Geren, Rish Art Studio" and was built in ... |
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| Description: | General view of sparsely inhabited country featuring a flat plains area and small lake. |
| 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: | View of Chatham Windmill, built in 1796 by Colonel Benjamin Godfrey. The windmill is 30 feet tall with an octagonal base and was used for grinding corn an... |
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| Description: | A horse-drawn wagon travels down North Maple Avenue, a tree-shaded country road. A residential area can be seen in the background. Published by E.W. Cobb... |
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| Description: | View of a boarding house and other homes on Mechanic Street, a country lane. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a country home in the woods. Men and women sit on the porch of the house, and a wooded hill rises on the right. |
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| Description: | View of a steer pulling a wagon, on which a boy is seated. Published by Marshall Emmons. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Patek Brothers, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a paint company, with a halftone image of a hand dipping a brush into a can of Patek paint, el... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Madison Mobile Homes, with a three-quarter view of a mobile home parked in a clearing near a wooded area on a shoreline, with the slogan "Liv... |
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