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| 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: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Colorized photograph of a dam on the Eau Claire River, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Dam on the Eau Claire River, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard (with colored sky) of farmers in a tobacco field ready for harvest. Caption reads: "Tobacco Field, Near Edgerton, Wis... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards the Fox River, with a farm in the foreground. The farm has a windmill with a sign on it that reads: "Kilbourn Steel Mill," ... |
| 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." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of three men harvesting cranberries from a bog. Caption reads: "Greetings from Lac du Flambeau, Wis." |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 07 25 1922 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across fields towards a small town. Caption reads: "General View of Leon, Wis." |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Illustrated postcard view of the exterior of Bancroft Dairy, and an inset at top left of Charmany Farms. Near the entrance of the dairy are chairs set arou... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a round barn, 150 ft. in diameter, 50 feet high, built in 1917. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wood County Insane Asylum. Caption reads: "Wood County Insane Asylum, Marshfield, Wis." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a factory near Marshfield. Railroad tracks are on the right. Caption reads: "Berg Equipment Co. Plant, Marshfield, Wisonsin." |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View towards a tornado-damaged home with most of the roof missing and a collapsed barn. A chicken is in the yard. Captions read: "Barn" and "Mrs. E.C. Barn... |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View of a collapsed barn after a tornado. The house in the background on the right is missing its roof. Captions read: "Barn," "House," "After the Cyclone,... |
| Date: | 10 21 1905 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Random Lake, Wisconsin," "A Shady Nook on Random" and "East Shore Point." The postcard has design elements and two images of the lake... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Island Baraboo River Reedsburg, Wis." View of a tree and grass covered island on the Baraboo River. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tourist Camp, Reedsburg Wis." View of a tourist camp in a wooded setting. There is a long picnic table in the center, a building in t... |
| Date: | 08 18 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lake Court Oreilles, Reserve Wis." A man in a rowboat looks out over the lake from a tree lined bay. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Pinewood Lodge, Rhinelander, Wis." An enclosed porch at Pinewood Lodge filled with rocking chairs and straight chairs with cushions.... |
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