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| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railway line towards the Endeavor Depot. A man stands near carts, milk cans and barrels near the depot, ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from road of bridge along County Trunk F. There is an automobile parked on the other side of the bridge. Houses and tree-lined hills are in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a snow-covered road bordered by stone walls and pillars on Cottage Row Road. Birches and evergreens line the road. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Mount Vernon from the a grassy hill. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over farm fields in the foreground and town in the distance, with low rolling hills in the far background. Buildings that stand out are St Lu... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View across road of a white wooden church with a belfry, and a weather vane on top of the steeple. There is decorative running trim on the eaves. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down path towards a general store with a gas pump on the porch near a sign for Red Crown Gasoline. Two men are working on a car parked in front. Behin... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A one-story wood frame school with a lightning rod or flagpole on the bell tower. A hand water pump is near the front entrance, and a tire swing is wrapped... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Copeland Mine. Entry building, with tram tracks suspended high on scaffolding and piles of rocks below. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the Old Mill, a stone building which has no roof and is missing window glass. Behind on the left is an abandoned shed. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across road towards Chaney's Cash General Store. Behind trees on the left is a house and windmill. Laundry is drying behind the store on the right. A ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the public school, a two-story brick building in a rural area with small bell tower on the roof above the entrance. There is a flagpole on... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from road of the general store, a two-story wood frame building in a rural area. A man and a child are standing near the door. Another child is sittin... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View of front of the public school, a two-story brick building with a cupola and flagpole over the bell. A cornfield and bluff are in the background. |
| 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: | 07 1929 |
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| Description: | View uphill towards the entrance to the McSherry Cave. A woman is standing at the entrance. Trees and shrubs are growing on top of the cave. |
| 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: | 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. |
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