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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View across field of a log cabin and garage with two cars parked outdoors. Stones outline the parking area and paths between the cabin and garage. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of a log cabin atop a small hill next to Cranberry Lake. There is a rustic log railing along steps leading down to the lake. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two automobiles are parked next to a tavern with a Blatz Beer sign hanging out front. An American flag hangs from a flagpole. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Landscaped grounds under large white pine trees in the foreground, buildings in the background. A man is walking along the stone-lined road on the left, an... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Elevated view overlooking Mercer. Roads, trees and buildings are visible. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Cottage, with a spinning wheel on the porch, at the Bonnie View Resort near Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from off the road of a mine near Linden. A road sign alerts drivers that the State Truck Highway 39 is one mine away. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Looking west along County Trunk Highway SS (now CTH DD) from the hill east of the New Fane School. The brick school, with its bell tower and widow's walk, ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of Lake Kegonsa shoreline, with cottages and boathouses along the shore, and farm buildings on a hill behind. There is a dock with several rowboats in... |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 03 09 1936 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a V-blade snowplow from the front plowing snow from a road. The snow is billowing to the left side of the road in a large arc. Trees are... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a gas powered shovel being used to move snow from a snow-covered road. A man is standing in the road to the right, watching. The shovel i... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard (with colored sky) of farmers in a tobacco field ready for harvest. Caption reads: "Tobacco Field, Near Edgerton, Wis... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle parked along a gravel road near a stone wall. He is wearing leather gloves, a jacket, dark pants, lace-u... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Raymond (Ray) Griesemer is sitting on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He is wearing a jacket, dark pants and boots. In the background is a field with grass... |
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