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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water of a stone building next to an earthen dam on the La Crosse River. There is an archway on the side of the building at the river ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of the Methodist Evangelical Church on a hillside. It has a belfry with no steeple and windows shaped like elongated pentagons. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of a public school on a hilltop, which is a one-story brick building with a chimney and a belfry. |
| Date: | 09 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage showing a broken, twisted tree laying on the ground and on the roof of a farmhouse. The roof and wall have been crushed. |
| Date: | 09 21 1931 |
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| Description: | View from road of storm damage to a farm. The barn roof has blown off. Men are working on the roof, which has exposed roof timbers. In the foreground are t... |
| Date: | 08 07 1924 |
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| Description: | View across yard of a storm-damaged farmhouse. In the foreground is an overturned automobile. The windows of the house have been blown out and the roof has... |
| Date: | 08 16 1925 |
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| Description: | A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background. |
| Date: | 08 16 1925 |
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| Description: | View of field full of parked automobiles at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus. A log structure in... |
| Date: | 06 12 1915 |
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| Description: | Group of men and boys standing around the exposed foundation of a house in the foreground. There is part of an overturned roof on the left. Broken wood is ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an elevated view of a concrete bridge over a river. There is a boat near wooden pilings that stretch from the shoreline to the center... |
| Date: | 07 03 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a tornado that destroyed a farm. Caption reads: "Berlin Wis., Cyclone, July 3, '07 — Wightman's House and Ba... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a family posed on a hill in front of a farm, with farmhouse, outbuildings, and a windmill. The family is gathered on a hill i... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a train wreck. Survivors and onlookers are gathered on and around the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Wreck... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of an automobile driving down a road bordering a pond on the left. On the right is fencing and a wooden gate and a hill. Caption reads: "Driving Along... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a river with a dam waterfall. A road runs along the far side of the river, and a large barn is across the road on the right. Caption reads: "Scenic... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a river scene and neighboring farm. Caption reads: "Scenic View on Milwaukee River, near Campbellsport, Wis." |
| Date: | 09 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Farm home of Thomas Convey family, at or near Ridgeway. In the foreground, two men stand near a horse-drawn wagon. Five women are standing on a stone wall ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | View along the Catfish River, with shrubs and grasses covering the riverbank. On the far left are electrical poles along a dirt road bordering a field that... |
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