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Cow Chip Tossing Contest

Date: 09 1980
Description: A competitor in the State Cow Chip Tossing Contest has 30 seconds to choose her cow chip. The cow chips are specially made from cow manure.
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People on Sled

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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Aldo Leopold

Date: 1940
Description: Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ...
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Cigarette Sales

Date: 06 1981
Description: Winnebago Enterprises trailer, advertising drive-up cigarette sales.
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Young Women at Devil's Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Six young women posed among the rocks at Devil's Lake.
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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Susie Redhorn "HiNukIGa" (Woman), daughter of Frank Redhorn and Lucy Prettyman, shown in later years posing by two baskets. The photograph was taken at the...
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Pewit's Nest

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Description: Man and woman sitting on logs near the water line at Pewit's Nest. Wooden debris on ground and attached to rock face. A small waterfall is in background.
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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Employee Picnic

Date: 08 07 1935
Description: Group portrait of employees and children "First annual outing of the Pure Oil Company & Capitol Oil Corp. of Madison at Lake Delton." Also shows drum and m...
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Little Prairie School

Date: 04 29 1955
Description: Group portrait of students, Little Prairie School, District #2, taken outside in front of school building, including teacher Miss Vera Frederickson.
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Young Couples at the Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: Well-dressed young couples sit in the foreground. In the background is a picket fence running along a busy road with horse and buggy traffic. Further on is...
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Women at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: Women in hats in foreground, with railroad tracks below and sign that says, "Look out for the cars," and "While the bell rings the whistle blows." Very lik...
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Hop Picking

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Description: Slightly elevated view of hop pickers in hop yard, in the vicinity of Mirror Lake.
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Mill's Saloon, Loddis Mill

Date: 1909
Description: A mill, left, and a commercial building with attached residence stand in front of a wooded bluff. A woman crosses a small bridge near the mill.
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Governor Goodland and Little Friends of America School Children

Date: 03 23 1944
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of Governor Goodland signing a scrapbook prepared by the Little Friends of America, Baraboo children's organization, for t...
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Kipp Residence

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior view of the Kipp residence with a woman in the front yard reclining in a hammock.
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Kehl Winery

Date: 02 18 1960
Description: Two young women looking at a wine making tool. Winery operated from 1867 to 1899. It later became a dance hall. Excerpt from Sauk Prairie Star, Sauk City, ...
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House with White Fence

Date: 1870
Description: View towards the front of a house with a white fence. Posing in front of the fence are a man (appears to be on crutches), a young child, and a dog. Other p...
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Cummings-Cooper House

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of Cummings-Cooper house with woman standing in front. The house was owned in 1940 by Mrs. H.F. Leindorff. The house was built in 1857.
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Pouring Milk at the Wonder Spot

Date: 06 30 1957
Description: Nancy Waterman unsuccessfully pours milk for Harriet Anderson (whose name has since changed to Penny Hilley) at the Wonder Spot.

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