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Black Hawk Monument

Date: 1930
Description: A rock formation known as "Black Hawk Monument" in Wyalusing State Park. The park's original name, Nelson Dewey, was later given to a different state park ...
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Barber Home

Date: 1930
Description: The home of Joel Allen Barber, who helped frame the present constitution of Wisconsin.
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Civil War Monument

Date: 1909
Description: A Civil War Monument and fountain in Lancaster. Caption reads: "Fountain in Honor of the Boys in Blue, Lancaster, Wis."
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1915
Description: View across road towards Governor Nelson Dewey's house.
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1925
Description: View across road towards Governor Nelson Dewey's house.
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Hillside Cemetery

Date: 1909
Description: Caption reads: "Main Entrance — Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Wis."
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Madison Street

Date: 1915
Description: Madison Street in Lancaster.
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Mine Shaft

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of a shaft house at a zinc mine.
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Saint Clara Academy

Date: 1940
Description: View of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Saint Clara Academy. Caption reads: "Grotto of Our Lade of Lourdes, Saint Clara Academy, Sinsinawa Wiscons...
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Montfort Church

Date: 1930
Description: A church in Montfort; the parson was Reverend Ebenezer Williams.
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Main Street

Date: 1928
Description: View down dirt road. Houses are on the right. Further down the road are commercial buildings and automobiles.
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Pickering Camp

Date: 1920
Description: View across water towards the C.R. Pickering Camp on Mill Creek, in summer. The shelter is on a hill overlooking the pond.
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Pickering Camp

Date: 1920
Description: C.R. Pickering Camp on Mill Creek, in winter with snow on the ground. On the opposite shoreline is a shelter on the hill overlooking the creek, with a set ...
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Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1958
Description: Nelson Dewey State Park (Cassville vicinity). Bridge construction near the park office which was built in the 1850s as a chicken house. The park was establ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1906
Description: View down unpaved street of lined with commercial buildings. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks, and some snow is along the curbs. In the background is a hil...
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view over rooftops of town. Handwritten message reads: "Arrived here today 4 p.m. Will work at mines about 2 miles from here. Expect to go to Plat...
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Street Scene

Date: 1906
Description: View down sidewalk on the left side of an unpaved street. A brick building is in the foreground on the left. Dwellings are along the right, and snow is on ...
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Vine-Covered House

Date: 1930
Description: Vine-covered home in the Potosi area.
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Wisconsin State College

Date: 1957
Description: Wisconsin State College (later renamed the University of Wisconsin-Platteville). The Student Union is in final stages of construction, and in the foregroun...
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Mining Operations

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville."

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