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Train Wreck

Date: 07 1927
Description: On-lookers survey a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway.
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Broom and Wash-Basin

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified man standing in (a farmyard?) with a broom and wash-basin.
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Model T's as Snowmobiles

Date: 01 31 1926
Description: Winter scene of early snowmobile race at Rangeline Lake. Bill Neu (right), winner, Harold Hansen (left). Special conversion kits were available which allow...
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Caterpillar Wausau-Plow Snow Plow

Date: 1920
Description: A winter scene showing two men standing behind the blade, on either side of the cab, of a Caterpillar Wausau-Plow Snow V-Plow. They are removing snow from ...
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Man Sitting on Harley-Davidson Motorcycle

Date: 1926
Description: Raymond (Ray) Griesemer is sitting on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He is wearing leather gloves, a jacket with sheepskin lining, dark pants, lace-up boo...
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Harvesting Barley near Leeds

Date: 07 25 1922
Description: View across fence towards a field with bales of barley arranged in rows. A person is operating horse-drawn farm machinery in the field on the right. Farm b...
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Lovers Lane

Date: 08 14 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "Lovers Lane, Sauk City, Wis." An unpaved, rural road with a wooden guard rail on both sides. A sign reads: "Automobiles Go Slow." Beh...
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Man on Bridge Over Spillway

Date: 1920
Description: A man is walking across a narrow suspension bridge over a spillway or dam. A typewritten note on the reverse reads: "Honey Creek, West of Sauk City, Many S...
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P.L. Wegner Summer Home

Date: 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "P.L. Wegner Summer Home. S.T.H. 71. Sparta, Wisc." The Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto aka The Glass Chapel, a concrete structure with a...
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Ann Mitchell Library

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Ann Mitchell Library-Tower Hill, Wis." A one-story, wooden building with a wrap-around veranda and broad front steps surrounded by tr...
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Camp Osoha for Girls

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Shore Line, Camp Osoha for Girls, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Trout Lake, Wisconsin. A distinguished camp for girls 6 to 18 ...
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The Grottos

Date: 1920
Description: Text on the front reads: "'On the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.' The Grottos, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Rock formations on the shore of the W...

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