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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from across the street of Nelson Dewey's home. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View down commercial street. The shops include: a wallpaper store, Reed Opera House, a clothing store, and a dental office. Two horse-drawn carriages belon... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | "The First Civil War Monument" outside the Grant County Courthouse. The monument is dedicated "to the memory of the brave soldiers of Grant County who fell... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior of the public library. The room contains tables and chairs, a bust sculpture of a woman, and bookshelves. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Wright House hotel located at 100 N Madison Street. Men pose near the entrance of the building. The Philipps House is located next door. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across road of travelers on platform exiting the Lancaster train depot. A man sits on a horse-drawn wagon in front of the depot. |
| Read the history of Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin, a unique a community developed by formerly enslaved African American slaves in the mid-19th century. |
| Learn about the oldest cities and towns in Wisconsin which were established by 1836 and still exist today. |
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| Description: | Postcard depicting the monument of Nelson Dewey. He has a long beard and sits in a chair on a pedestal. Trees are in the background. Text at the bottom re... |
| Date: | 11 30 1953 |
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| Description: | Engagement portrait of Beverly Lorenz of Lancaster and Richard Goldberg. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved town street. Businesses include a dentists' office, Lathrop's, Joeckel Bros., and Hatch Drugs on the left. There is a park on the right, ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across Maple Street towards the Philipps House Hotel. A bank is on the next corner. Caption reads: "Maple Street." |
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| Description: | Hand-colored three-quarter view of the front and left side of a red brick church. Caption reads: "M.E. Church, Lancaster, Wis." |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Corner view of the Grant County courthouse. The Soldiers' Monument and a fountain are in the foreground. A gazebo is under the trees on the right. Caption ... |
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