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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of Mount Sterlings's churches, homes, and businesses. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three men stand outdoors near a barn, with one man holding a rope through a ring through the bull's nose. The men are wearing long coats and hats. In the b... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops. Farm fields and houses are in the background. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of high school, which is a brick building with a ground floor, first floor and attic. A flag pole is above the entrance which has double door... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 25 1910 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a small brick public school on a hillside. There is a bell in a small bell tower above the entrance. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front of the public school, which is a two-story wood frame building with a belfry. There are two doors at the front of the buildin... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Map shows routes, post offices, houses, churches, schools, and roads of La Fayette County rural delivery service. The map margins read: "G. January 11, 191... |
| 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: | 1911 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Map shows roads, railroads, post offices, schools, houses, churches, routes, and post office collection boxes. The map includes a distant chart and explana... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 06 12 1915 |
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| Description: | People standing among the broken remains of the Tim Finley farm after a killer tornado. A woman in the center is standing on a mattress. Two people were ki... |
| 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: | 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... |
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