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Automobiles Parked Along Rural Road

Date: 1918
Description: Automobiles, including a Ford runabout, parked along a rural dirt road for an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department short course and ma...
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Droster Farm

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the Droster farm located on Felland Road. The house was built in 1854.
Postcard

Buff Creek Farm

Date: 06 19 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of Buff Creek Farm. The farmhouse is on the left and the barn and outbuildings are on the right. A man and an automobile are nea...
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Pretty Drive Near Blue River

Date: 1913
Description: View down middle of tree-lined road of a carriage approaching from a distance.
Photograph

Scene near Blue River

Date: 1913
Description: A man drives a team of horses pulling a wagon across a bridge. The man is standing atop the barreled goods, holding the reins. There is dung on the road.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Blue River

Date: 1913
Description: Bird's-eye view of the village. Cropland and barns cover much of the landscape.
Postcard

Fisherman's Home, Bear Island

Date: 09 24 1910
Description: View of several fisherman's homes on Bear Island, one of the islands that make up the Apostle Islands. An American flag is flying between buildings and a d...
Photograph

Scenic View

Date: 1914
Description: View down path along rough road towards a building labeled "No. 4". The De Soto Depot, railroad tracks, a boxcar, and the Mississippi River are below on th...
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Mount Sterling Bird's Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill of Mount Sterlings's churches, homes, and businesses.
Map or Atlas

Map of Racine County, Wisconsin Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1911
Description: This 1911 map shows the Post Office's rural routes in Racine County, Wisconsin, and portions of eastern Walworth and northern Kenosha counties. The locatio...
Photograph

Seneca Scenic View

Date: 1912
Description: A scenic view over rolling hills with a road leading to the horizon. There are trees, fields and farm buildings on the left. In the foreground on the right...
Photograph

Sun Prairie Canning Company

Date: 1912
Description: View from railroad tracks towards the back of the canning company. There are freight cars parked near the loading dock. Two smokestacks are behind the buil...
Photograph

Dane County Asylum near Verona

Date: 1911
Description: View across dirt road of the asylum and grounds. A large three-story building is spread out over several acres. Stairs are leading up to entrances on the s...
Photograph

Ruined Hull of Steamer J.S.

Date: 05 25 1910
Description: A man stands on the wreckage of a burned steamer in the Mississippi River near the shoreline. There is a small boat and a barrel nearby. Bluffs are in the ...
Photograph

Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1911
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.
Map or Atlas

Map of Jefferson County Wisconsin Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1911
Description: Map shows in blue roads, railroads, post offices, schools, houses, churches, and routes. The map includes a chart of "Explanation" that acts as a legend. T...
Map or Atlas

Rural Delivery Routes Juneau County Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: Map shows roads, railroads, post offices, schools, houses, churches, routes, and post office collection boxes. The map includes a distant chart and explana...
Map or Atlas

Map of La Crosse County Wisconsin Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1910
Description: Map is a blueline print. Map shows United States postal routes for La Crosse County. A list of stations include: Bangor R R 1-3, Holmen R R 1-2, La Crosse ...
Photograph

Scene at Munson Farm after Cyclone

Date: 06 12 1915
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 ...
Postcard

New Bridge over Baraboo River

Date: 1919
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...

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