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Badger Ordinance Works

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Description: Brick ruins of small building, wagon wheel leaning on it, and tree growing inside. Near Badger Ordinance Works.
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McCormick's Blacksmith Shop at Walnut Grove

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of the blacksmith shop at Walnut Grove farm where Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) invented and built his first reaper in 1831.
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Group Portrait of African Americans in front of Building

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Group portrait of African American children and adults posing in front of a run-down building with a stone chimney — possibly a rural school house.
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Brisbane House

Date: 1953
Description: Dr. William H. Brisbane house, also known as the Thudium house. It was built between 1868 and 1869 from locally quarried stone for Dr. Brisbane, a physicia...
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Brigham Farm Building in Ruin

Date: 06 1925
Description: View of three farm buildings - the one in the center is collapsing.
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Burdick Homestead in Edgerton

Date: 1930
Description: Burdick homestead, which was originally made from logs. Built in 1842, it was said to be the first house west of the Rock River.
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Mine Building

Date: 1910
Description: Mining building. Possibly in Ironton.
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Mining Building

Date: 1910
Description: An old, dilapidated mining building surrounded by a field.
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Crumbling Mine Building

Date: 1909
Description: A deteriorating mining building seen from across a field.
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DuCharme House

Date: 1885
Description: The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add...
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DuCharme House

Date: 1885
Description: The home and fur-trading post of Col. Dominique DuCharme. The portion of the structure on the left was built by DuCharme in 1791. The right portion was add...
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Ducharme/Grignon House

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Description: Ruins of the Ducharme/Grignon House in Kaukauna built during the French fur trade period of Wisconsin history. The left portion of the building was built a...
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Northeast Side of the Grignon House

Date: 1900
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
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Grignon Home

Date: 1890
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
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Building at Walnut Grove(?)

Date: 1900
Description: Weathered building, possibly at Walnut Grove, the family farm of Cyrus McCormick. Walnut Grove was near Steele's Tavern, Virginia.
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Benedict Goldenberger Shack

Date: 08 28 1885
Description: Sketch of the shack from which Benedict Goldenberger sold cider vinegar. Possibly on Murray Street.
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Commissary Warehouse at Fort Winnebago

Date: 1898
Description: Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon...
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F-14, F-20 and F-30 Tractors

Date: 1938
Description: Farmall F-14, F-20 and F-30 tractors lined up in a yard near a poultry building. The photograph was taken by the company's Kankakee branch.
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House in Ruins

Date: 1992
Description: Country house in ruins on Irene Road in DeKalb County.
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Abandoned Army Shooting Range

Date: 08 07 1947
Description: Abandoned army shooting range at Truax Field, with Police Officer Lester Shore in the lower right foreground.

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