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Grist Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View of the stone building, with a town in the distance. Caption reads: "An old Landmark, Cedarburg, Wis."
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Clear Lake Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: West side of Main Street, with "The One Price Store" in the right foreground, and other commercial buildings further down the street. There are large utili...
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Jefferson County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the court house. Snow is on the ground, and a windmill is on the right. Caption reads: "Jefferson County Court House, Jefferson, Wis."
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count...
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Elevated View of Merrimac

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of commercial buildings, houses, a church and a school in a neighborhood. In the foreground a person is standing at the side of a building wi...
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Union Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Union Depot. Caption reads: "Union Depot, Milton Junction, Wis."
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Ruins of Fort Crawford

Date: 1915
Description: Ruins of Fort Crawford. A windmill is in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Ruins of Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wis."
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1913
Description: Rocky Roost, a cottage, which was located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The cottage was designed and built in 1893 (according to Taliesin Asso...
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People with Flags Posing in front of House

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Description: Photographic postcard of group of people posing in front of a two-story wooden home with a large porch on which American Flags are displayed. A windmill st...
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Aerial View of Alma on Mississippi River

Date: 04 12 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of an aerial view of town looking North. The Mississippi River is on the left.
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Freight and Passenger Depot

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Description: Photographic postcard of the freight and passenger depot. A young man stands on the platform, and a man can be seen entering the United States Express Comp...
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Elevated View of Bagley, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated photographic postcard view of town showing homes and businesses. A windmill is in the foreground. The school is on the far edge of town on the lef...
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St. Marys Church, School and Parsonage

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the church, with a parsonage on the left and a school on the right. A fenced-in field is across the street and an automobile ...
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Scene at Browntown

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Description: Photographic postcard view of an intersection with commercial buildings on both corners. Several horses and carts are on the street, and a windmill is in t...
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A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the back...
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Farm Scene

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Description: Members of a farm family, including children, pose in a hay field with a team of horses. There are farm buildings and a barn with a windmill in the backgro...
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"Dawn Manor," Lower Dells

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard view from the road of Dawn Manor, at Lower Dells, Lake Delton. The Dawn Manor is a small "gothic" house on the Dell View Hotel ground...
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Endeavor

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Description: Central Endeavor from across the railroad tracks. A grocery store and other businesses are along the streets. The town name is spelled out on the grass on ...
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Fairchild, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: A residential city block, with homes and a church. The high school is in the background. Caption reads: "Fairchild, Wis."
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Harvesting Barley near Leeds

Date: 07 25 1922
Description: View across fence towards a field with bales of barley arranged in rows. A person is operating horse-drawn farm machinery in the field on the right. Farm b...

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