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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Unidentified man standing in (a farmyard?) with a broom and wash-basin. |
| 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: | 03 09 1936 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro... |
| Date: | 01 31 1926 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of early snowmobile race at Rangeline Lake. Bill Neu (right), winner, Harold Hansen (left). Special conversion kits were available which allow... |
| Date: | 03 1881 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with men digging out the train tracks by hand after a big snow storm. Trees and a fence line the sides of the railroad right of way. Between F... |
| Date: | 03 1881 |
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| Description: | A winter scene with men digging out the train tracks by hand after a big snow storm in Racine County. Trees and a fence line the sides of the railroad righ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a gas powered shovel being used to move snow from a snow-covered road. A man is standing in the road to the right, watching. The shovel i... |
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| Description: | Front covers of gate fold Hotel Noble menu, with two "hillbilly" figures: one stands barefoot and holds a rifle while a dog sleeps at his feet; the other i... |
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| Description: | Interior of the Hotel Noble menu, with spot illustrations: a chicken on a platter; a man reclines with his hat over his face, a snoozing chicken on his che... |
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| Description: | The Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff on the shore of Lake Mendota. There is a fence around the property, and a boat is pulled up on the shoreline. |
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| Description: | View up sloping lawn towards the Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff with a fence in the background. The cottage has a screen porch along one side and a rou... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | The extended Ott family posing in front of a woodpile of split and cut wood stacked against a log barn located on the Ott farm. The man is adjusting his gl... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Gustave Ott (1871-1954) and Anna Ott (1871-1954) feeding a large flock of multi-colored chickens on their farm. Gustave is carrying a kettle and Anna is ho... |
| Date: | 1790 |
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| Description: | This map of the north eastern states shows roads, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, mountains, cities, forts, mills, the Oneida Reservation, and "New York Donatio... |
| Date: | 1790 |
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| Description: | An ink and hand-colored map, showing the land and landowners of the Susquehanna company purchase in Pennsylvania. Rivers are shown and occasionally labeled... |
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| Description: | View across field towards Villa Louis, with a white fence in the middle ground and a race track in the foreground. |
| 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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