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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap."
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap."
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Abandonded Farm with Windmill

Date: 06 09 1963
Description: View of a dilapidated outbuilding and a windmill on an abandoned farm.
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Tree-Veiled Farm

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: View through the trees of an abandoned farm.
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Garver Feed and Supply Company

Date: 03 05 2012
Description: Exterior view of the Garver Feed and Supply Company building, which formerly housed the U.S. Sugar Company. Snow is on the ground.
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House in Ruins South of Town

Date: 1993
Description: An abandoned house surrounded by uncut grass and trees on the side of a road. Snow is covering the ground and lightly covers the roof of the two-story hous...
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Pavement Potholes

Date: 02 24 1959
Description: View of a car driving over a pothole in a Madison street pavement.
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No Admittance

Date: 12 1947
Description: View of trees and a farm building as seen through a dilapidated door and window of an old house. Snow is on the threshold of the door and in front of the b...
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Winter Winds

Date: 1976
Description: Deserted farmstead with a cow standing in the snow at the base of a windmill. The wooden portions of the stone farmhouse are deteriorating, and many pieces...

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