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| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | On-lookers survey a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A view of the Log Cabin Filling Station at a tourist camp. A garage for washing and greasing on the left. Two tall gas pumps. Lamps made of interlaced logs... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A road intersection in a rural area. A tree and a shed on the left. A general store in the back. A house, a shed and a cornfield on the right. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of an elderly woman and man posing standing on snow-covered ground in front of wooden buildings. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across fields towards a small town. Caption reads: "General View of Leon, Wis." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A stone barn, tree and another building. The remains of a ladder is leaning against the foundation of the barn. |
| Date: | 08 25 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Blaesing's Shorewood Vista, Lake George, Rhinelander, Wis." Along the front of the resort building river rocks are used to cover the ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Natural Gateway, Rockridge, Near Richland Center, Wis." An automobile is driving on a dirt road between two large rock outcroppings. ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Old Mill Stream in the Narrows at Rock Springs, Wis." A road and the Narrows Creek run next to each other in an elevated view of ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Camper's Dormitory at Audubon Camp, Sarona, Wis." An "L" shaped, one-story building surrounded by a lawn. Trees are in the background... |
| Date: | 08 12 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Evangelical Camp Grounds, Lomira, Wis." A row of cottages with porches at a church camp. A large building is on the right. The area b... |
| Date: | 08 25 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Down River from Round Bluff, Prairie Du Sac, Wis." A view of the Wisconsin River with buildings and a road along the left shoreline. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Handwriting on front reads: "Greetings from Prairie Du Sac, Wis." and "Merry Christmas". A scene of a man on the shoreline of a river with a small boat. Sw... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of a wooden water wheel and mill. There is no water flowing under the wheel. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Vacationland Farm, Hwy. 57, S. Sister Bay, Wis. 54234. Farm Petting Zoo * Riding Stables * Pony Ring Game Room * Gift Shop. Excelle... |
| Date: | 07 29 1946 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Little Sister and Sister Bays, Sister Bay, Wis." A view from a hill of the shoreline of Green Bay, Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay, Wis." and "In Door County 'Cherryland,' the Nation's Largest Cherry Producer." Sister Bay from a rocky beach... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Trout Falls, Near Sparta, Wis." Elevated view of river. On the left bank at the base of the falls is an open-sided stilt structure wi... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 25 1913 |
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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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