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Wrecked Chevrolet

Date: 10 23 1937
Description: Close-up of damaged Chevrolet in a ditch next to Highway 12 near Highway KP & Roxbury, looking north, with a farmstead in the background.
Photograph

St. Norbert's Society

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of St. Norbert's Society church and parsonage.
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St. Norbert's Society Church

Date: 1915
Description: Front exterior view of the St. Norbert's Society Church and parsonage.
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St. Norbert's Society

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of St. Norbert's Society, the first chapel in Roxbury.
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Harvester-Thresher

Date: 10 03 1923
Description: A farmer using a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering harvester-thresher (combine) in a field.
Photograph

Roxbury General Store

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view of the general store and automotive garage in Roxbury. A man and woman, possibly the owners, are standing in front of the buildings.
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Wisconsin Heights

Date: 09 29 1906
Description: A group of people looks over the Wisconsin Heights battlefield as a man gestures. A horse-drawn buggy is on the right and another team of horses is visible...
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Newly Plowed Field

Date: 05 30 1960
Description: View down valley of newly plowed field at the juncture of two fence lines. The farmland belongs to Mr. Carl Meier. A tree-filled ridge is visible in the ba...
Photograph

Mrs. Jack Schwartz

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Mrs. Jack Schwartz of Roxbury holding a 3-month-old baby girl on her lap. The child is one of the nearly 60 foster children that Mrs. Schwartz has cared fo...
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St. Norbert's Baseball Team

Date: 08 08 1954
Description: Group portrait of the St. Norbert's baseball team of Roxbury, Wisconsin.The bat boys in front are not identified. Players include: First row, H. Ballweg,...
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Roxbury Parochial School

Date: 1924
Description: The parochial school with a statue of St. Dominic in the yard in front. There is across on the roof above the entrance. There is a large stack of firewood ...
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Catholic Church

Date: 1924
Description: Side view of the Catholic Church from the bottom of a low hill. Two more buildings are on the left and right behind the church. Bare trees are in the lawn ...
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Son Gets Six-Month Term for Beating Up Father

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Herbert Hilgendorf was sentenced to six months in jail for beating his father, Louis Hilgendorf, a town of Roxbury farmer.
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Pastoral Pool

Date: 07 16 1960
Description: View of a pool in a pasture through dead branches. Hummocks of wet grass and rocks cover the shore. The background is misty.
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Farmland Vista

Date: 1961
Description: Vista over farmland from a small country cemetery.
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Cemetery View

Date: 1961
Description: View over fields, looking out from the cemetery.
Postcard

Saint Norbert House

Date: 1957
Description: A sketch of a log cabin with dormer windows above. Text on reverse reads: "St. Norbert House. The first Catholic Church in Dane County. In 1846 Father Adel...
Property Record

8944 COUNTY HIGHWAY Y

Community: Roxbury
County: Dane
Historic Name: ST. NORBERT'S PARSONAGE
Reference Number: 12553
Property Record

7946 STATE HIGHWAY 188

Community: Roxbury
County: Dane
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 245867
Property Record

7539 USH 12

Community: Roxbury
County: Dane
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 246337

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