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The Coulee Region

Date: 1936
Description: View down hill towards valley of farming country in the “Coulee Region.”
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Dairy Farm and Vide Valley

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Description: Elevated view of one man and two women tending the cows near a farm building at a dairy farm in Vide Saeter, Norway. The Vide Valley is in the background.
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Norwegian Milkmaids

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Description: Two Norwegians milkmaids stand together on Grjotlid Road, holding cans of milk on yokes around their necks. They are standing at the edge of a steep hill, ...
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Walter Alexander and His Children with Governor Philipp

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of four people standing in front of a wire fence on the edge of a cliff, with trees and a valley in the background. Walter Alexander stands ...
Photograph

A Wisconsin Valley

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Description: View looking down hill towards a tree-filled valley near Maiden Rock.
Postcard

Elevated View of Chaseburg

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of Chaseburg and the surrounding landscape, with a river and bluffs in the background. Caption reads: "Chaseburg, Wis."
Photograph

Valley Between Tree-Covered Hills

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Description: Elevated view of a valley between tree-covered hills. There is a lake or river, and a far shoreline in the distance.
Photograph

Field in Valley among Bluffs

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Description: View from a dirt road towards a field in a valley of low bluffs. Farm buildings are near a base of the bluffs at the far edge of the field.
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Riding the Chair Lift

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Description: Slightly elevated view of two young people riding the chair lift at a ski hill.
Photograph

Lower Valley Farms in Castle Rock

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of two farms, with fields and barns in a valley. This image appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Lead Region, on a photo...
Postcard

Harvest Scene in Bostwick Valley

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Description: View from a hay field on a hill looking towards pastures and fields in a valley. Caption reads: "Harvest Scene in Bostwick Valley, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Stream Crossing on S.T.H. #11 M 6

Date: 08 1925
Description: View from hill across a field towards a stream running along the base of a hillside. Caption reads: "U.S. H. 61, Crawford Co. Boscobel-Soldiers Gr. Road. M...
Photograph

Devil's Lake

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Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of Devil's Lake and the valley to the southeast. The valley may be the site of the old campground that has been moved farth...
Photograph

Arville Schaleben Standing Next to Automobile

Date: 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben standing next to an automobile with a camera over his shoulder, a screwdriver in his right hand, and a cigarette in his left hand. A man ...
Photograph

Farm in Matanuska Valley

Date: 1970
Description: View towards farm buildings, with snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Day by day — A new chapter in pioneer history!

Date: 07 14 1935
Description: Newspaper article in The Milwaukee Journal on Arville Schaleben and his coverage as a reporter/photographer on the colonists moving from Wisconsin a...
Postcard

Fields and Mountains at Walnut Grove

Date: 07 14 1909
Description: View looking down on fenced fields, with some harvested bundles of what may be hay. There are two reapers parked near the fence. In the distance are mounta...
Photograph

Walnut Grove Farm

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Description: Panoramic view of Walnut Grove farm. Handwritten on back: "This shows the house, barn & shop etc. taken from the road going to Steeles Tavern. Walnut Grove...
Postcard

Blue Ridge Mountains

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Description: Elevated view over roofs of farm buildings toward the Blue Ridge Mountains. Handwritten at bottom: "Blue Ridge Mts."
Photograph

Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Three men are working on the top of the mill building. There is no roof, and the logs are not filled in or chinked. The road curves from the left in the ba...

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