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Primrose Landscape

Date: 
Description: View over trees towards a farm and fields, possibly those of G. Tollefson.
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) is shaking the hand of a woman, possibly his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen. Someone has apparently just ...
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Family Seated at Table in Yard

Date: 1876
Description: Family seated around a table in the yard of house. On the table are books, and a statue of a horse and rider.
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1879
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898), his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen, and their eight children sit around a table in the yard of their hou...
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen Entertains

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898) on the right, his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen on the left and some visiting gentlemen, no doubt Luther...
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Picnicking in Field

Date: 1871
Description: Group on picnic in field with carriages and flag. Photograph for "G. Gunhus."
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Boy on Horse Amid Picnickers

Date: 1872
Description: Group in field on picnic with flag, man on horse and people in carriages. A boy is standing on horse in the background. Photograph for "Mr. Miller."
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Lover's Retreat, Spring View

Date: 1873
Description: Identified as " Lover's Retreat, Spring View." Group in field with stream on a picnic. Children are stepping on stones in foreground with U.S. flag, people...
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Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen and Family

Date: 1878
Description: The Reverend Peter Andreas Rasmussen (1829-1898), his wife Ragnhild Holland Rasmussen and their eight children sit around a table in the yard of their hous...
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Townhall in Primrose

Date: 1925
Description: Primrose townhall. Laundry is hanging on a line in the background in front of another building.
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Randall Home

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Randall home.
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Devil's Chimney

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Description: View of the rock formation named Devil's Chimney. A quotation on the back of the stereograph reads, "A rock 50 feet high, 25 feet diameter at the base and ...
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Birthplace of Robert M. La Follette

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Description: Log cabin home of Josiah and Mary Ferguson La Follette, the birthplace of Robert Marion La Follette, from a drawing.
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Devil's Chimney - Anaglyph

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Description: View of the rock formation named Devil's Chimney. A quotation on the back of the stereograph reads, "A rock 50 feet high, 25 feet diameter at the base and ...
Historical Essay

Primrose

Origin of Primrose, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Primrose, Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Map of Primrose Township

Date: 1873
Description: A map of the township of Primrose from the "Atlas of Dane County."
Map or Atlas

Primrose Plat Map

Date: 1861
Description: The township of Primrose, which is a detail from the plat map of Dane County.
Photograph

Fleecy Clouds Over Cornfields

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Description: Disappearing line of a cornfield under a sky with “fleecy” clouds.
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Field and Woodland

Date: 06 28 1964
Description: View across a field sloping down toward a woodland area, with fields and hills in the distance. Caption reads: "Primrose (vicinity), Wis. June 28, 1960. Bi...
Property Record

E SIDE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY G, .3 M N OF BRITT VALLEY RD

Community: Primrose
County: Dane
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 4405

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