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Fishing Contest

Date: 1940
Description: View of large crowd of boys and girls fishing along the shoreline with bamboo poles at a lake. Very likely a sponsored "fishing contest." There are a few p...
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Mullet River

Date: 1940
Description: A young boy wearing knickers, high stockings and a jacket is watching two swans on the Mullet River. A bridge and the rear of commercial buildings are in t...
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Dells of the Wolf River

Date: 07 26 1931
Description: An elevated view of the Wolf River. The base of Smokey Falls is in the foreground. A large pine is growing on the rocky bank on the right. The printed capt...
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Waukesha County Dragging Operation

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: Elevated view of two people breaking ice with an ax and an ice breaking pole [a gaff?]; other people in the background are standing in a boat pushing poles...
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New Bridge Takes Kinks Out of Road

Date: 04 21 1929
Description: View towards two bridges. Article reads: "Highway 59, where it crosses the Rock River between Milton and Edgerton, is the scene of a bridge construction an...

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