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Sheriff Finn with Sledgehammer

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Sheriff Finn holding sledgehammer used to break open the safe of Odin Tofsrud, carpenter and truck farmer, who was murdered during the theft of his safe by...
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Carl Frey

Date: 02 04 1931
Description: Portrait of Carl Frey, 28, Stoughton. He confessed to the murder of Albion postmaster Frank Kelling.
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Mrs. Nina Fox

Date: 09 19 1930
Description: Portrait of Nina Fox standing on a lawn, wearing a dress with a ruffled collar. In the background is a stone building.
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Fish Bait

Date: 08 02 1963
Description: Contestant baits her hook in Washington Park at the annual Milwaukee county park commission's fishing rodeo.
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Australian War Bride

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Madison's first Austrailian war bride, Mrs. William R. Curkeet Jr., the former Bryony Helen Dutton, is shown on the right with her sister-in-law Mrs. Ralph...
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Man in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Man in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Man in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Man in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Sports Fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler with His Prize Catch

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: Sports fisherman Leroy M. Kreisler, Monona, holding the thirty-eight pound sturgeon he caught in the Wisconsin River near Okee. The fish measured thirty-fi...
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Badger Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 06 19 1950
Description: Alice Darling of 1224 Spaight Street, Chairman of the Badger Kennel Club Dog Show, is shown with her Irish Setter, Erin. In the background is a 1860's era ...
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Jacob Marchowsky and Attorney

Date: 11 14 1950
Description: J.H. "Jake" Marachowsky, right, former president of the bankrupt Portage Wholesale Company, standing beside his attorney, Jacob Geffs, Janesville.
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Demonstration Farm Superintendent

Date: 05 1925
Description: Mr. Schlosser, superintendent of the Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada demonstration farm, poses for a portrait while standing against a stone wall or building.
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Kletzien Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Mindy Kletzien, an animal lover, raises Nigerian Dwarf Goats. She competes at fairs in and out of the state.
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Lichtenberg Barn

Date: 2004
Description: This barn, at 1915 Hwy 28, is owned by Roy and Sandy Lichtenberg. The last time cows were milked here was in 1988.
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Priesgen Barn — Water Pump

Date: 2004
Description: LeRoy Priesgen proves that this old pump still is capable of pumping water.
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Eilbes Smokehouse — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Allen Eilbes stands by this very old smokehouse. They used to smoke sausage in here.
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Stone Building on Gebhard Farm

Date: 2004
Description: This ancient Pomeranian-style building, made of bricks and stone, still stands on the Gebhard property.
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Stone Building on the Gross' Property

Date: 2004
Description: This very old Pomeranian-style structure still stands on the Gross property.
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Lindert Smokehouse — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: The Linderts have lived here since 1990. They still utilize this old smokehouse.

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