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Aerial View of Lake Mills

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Aerial view of Lake Mills.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Caught in Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own...
Photograph

Fargo Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Fargo Public Library in Lake Mills. Reverse of cardboard backing reads: "1902, $8000 - Cost, G.B. Ferry, Milwaukee, arch." The library...
Photograph

Fargo Public Library

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Fargo Public Library in Lake Mills. Visible above the main entrance are the words: "Public Library." Reverse of cardboard backing read...
Photograph

Carnival Tent

Date: 06 1908
Description: Crowd near the front of a side show tent with large banners.
Photograph

Firemen's Parade

Date: 06 1908
Description: The Lake Mills band and fire company lead the parade during a fire company competition in their home town.
Photograph

Fire Company Competition

Date: 06 1908
Description: Members of the Lake Mills fire company pull the hose cart during a firemen's competition.
Photograph

Fire Company Competition

Date: 1908
Description: Formal portrait of the Lake Mills Fire Company preparing for a race in which volunteer companies in harness pulled their fire hose carts. Ralph Engsberg, ...
Photograph

Lake Mills Garage

Date: 05 1981
Description: Garage, Madison Street, from Merchants Alley.
Photograph

Lake Mills Intersection

Date: 05 1981
Description: Intersection of Ford Street and Commercial Alley.
Photograph

Municipal Structures

Date: 05 1981
Description: Municipal structures, West Lake Street at City Alley.
Photograph

Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
Description: Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa...
Photograph

Thor C. Thompson

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Description: Quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Thor C. Thompson, [name in the roster is Thomas C. Thompson] a sergeant in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The ...
Photograph

Fire Hose Cart Racing Team

Date: 
Description: Fire hose cart racing team hitched to a fire hose cart and crouching in set position as if to begin a race. The men were probably firefighters.
Historical Essay

Cheesemaking in Wisconsin

Brief history of cheesemaking in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

The Wisconsin Free Library Commission - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin
Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Hoard, William Dempster, 1836-1918

Father of the Wisconsin Dairy Industry, Wisconsin Governor
Find out about the Wisconsin governor who championed for high standards in the dairy industry and founded the State Dairyman's Association.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Aztalan State Park Historic Marker

Date: 07 23 1967
Description: Albert Kratch, president of the Lake Mills-Aztalan Historical Society, in front of the Aztalan State Park historical marker. Kratch helped to organize even...
Historical Object

Watercolor Painting on Album Page

Date: 1897
Description: A watercolor painting of an autumn rural scene decorates an album page created by Louise Mears Fargo (1866-1925) to commemorate the birth and early months ...

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