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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | "Confederate Rest" in Forest Hill Cemetery where Confederate prisoners of war who died at Camp Randall are buried. In this early photograph, there is a woo... |
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| Description: | An abandoned cemetery overgrown with grass and young trees. |
| Date: | 09 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Fall scene looking east in the 2600 block of Regent Street along the Catholic cemetery. |
| Date: | 10 19 1949 |
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| Description: | "Potter's Field," a cemetery site of the county asylum near Verona. One of the proposed areas for the construction of a county hospital for the chronically... |
| Date: | 07 25 1925 |
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| Description: | A line of International trucks are parked in a line along a dirt road lined with fences and power lines. Each truck has a load of dirt, and metal forms are... |
| Date: | 11 07 1949 |
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| Description: | Robert Higgins, assistant caretaker of Holy Cross cemetery, is shown attempting to repair the damage caused by vandals. About 12 small monuments near the ... |
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| Description: | View of a Ho-Chunk log grave house in a wooded area. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Staudenmayer grave marker set amid the lush vegetation of Durwards Glen. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A stone obelisk marks the grave of Jonas Tower in a country cemetery. A smaller obelisk stands to the left, and other grave markers can be seen in the bac... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A small granite stone and American Flag mark the grave of Belle Boyd, actress and Confederate spy. The grave is inscribed with: "Belle Boyd, Confederate sp... |
| Date: | 09 1967 |
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| Description: | View over cornfield of a cemetery on the side of a hill surrounded by a fence. On the hill behind the cemetery are more cornfields. |
| Date: | 09 25 1960 |
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| Description: | A cemetery for pets near Highway 58. Each burial plot is marked with a small wooden cross. Additionally, several plots have accompanying makeshift tombston... |
| Date: | 08 24 1925 |
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| Description: | A very large cemetery monument with a female figure sculpture, inscribed with the name Ehle. There is a shed in the background. The Ehle family lived in ... |
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| Description: | View of an Indian cemetery on a Chippewa reservation. People are posing among the graves. |
| Date: | 08 22 1964 |
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| Description: | The Hansen monument in a Washington Island cemetery. The monument is surrounded by a cluster of Tiger Lillies which are no longer blooming. |
| Date: | 07 21 1963 |
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| Description: | View of a small cemetery in the countryside with a tree in the center. The cemetery is enclosed by a thin metal fence with gate. There is a hill in the bac... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A country cemetery with a row of pine trees in the foreground. In the far distance is a farm. |
| Date: | 11 1964 |
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| Description: | Delegates from the International Labor Press Association place a marker on the grave of President John F. Kennedy to mark the first anniversary of his deat... |
| Date: | 10 08 1950 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Benjamin W. Saunders (left), Episcopal director of the DeKoven foundation of Racine, stands beside a marble marker monument inscribed with the... |
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