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Flora Dell Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1911
Description: The cover of a scrapbook made for Flora Dell Lake. Features a photograph of a small locomotive on a railroad track near a water tower. There are hand-drawn...
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International Scout Truck on Film Set

Date: 1965
Description: A man stands on the bed of an International Scout truck while using a stage light on the set of the film "King Rat." Thatched-roof huts, a water tower, and...
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Locomotive Engine No. 2861

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Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Water Tower

Date: 07 1987
Description: "This workman is painting 'Theresa' on the water tower."
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Bell Dedication

Date: 08 1995
Description: "At the Theresa Historical Society grounds, Les Beck and John Bodden dedicate an 800-lb. bell that called children to school for 65 years at the Theresa Pu...
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Tourists Visit Universal City

Date: 1916
Description: Seven well-dressed tourists visit Universal City and pose with actor Neal Hart who is in cowboy costume and has his horse nearby. A water tower is visible ...
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Truck Trailer with Mural of Endangered Animals

Date: 1975
Description: Three men are looking at a trailer with a woman posing on roof holding a paintbrush to a painted mural. One of the men is Ricardo Alonzo, muralist and dire...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 103-109

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Description: The style of reachings, temporal or spiritual, for transformation of the earth.

The chapel of Rockford Female Seminary, later Rockford College, 1889-1892...

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Engine No. 931

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards engineer Louis Peterson standing in the gangway next to Engine No. 931. Another man is standing on the tracks near one of...
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Elevated View of Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: Elevated view from roof of the Oscar Mayer plant. There is a water tower on the roof with a sign painted on it that reads: "Oscar Mayer." Automobiles are p...
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Heidelberg Central Parts Depot Inauguration

Date: 03 28 1968
Description: Exterior view of the depot in Germany. Men wearing suits are standing in front of the building looking towards the band on the right. Caption reads: "The b...

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