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Emerson School Junior Civic League

Date: 01 08 1931
Description: Emerson school junior civic league posing outdoors. The group of children and adults are posing outside of the synagogue.
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First Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: View of the First Methodist Church, with two women standing on the church steps, and another woman standing on the sidewalk. The church was built in 1854 b...
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Group at USO Service Club

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Group of 15 women and six men attending a meeting at USO Service Club. The group is predominantly African Americans. Probably taken in First Unitarian Soc...
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Anniversary Celebration of Norwegian Independence

Date: 1914
Description: Commemorating one hundred years of Norwegian independence at a Syttende Mai (May 17th) celebration. An automobile with four people is decorated with a Norw...
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Woman Stands Outside of a Western Union Office

Date: 04 1930
Description: A woman stands outside of the Western Union office at 650 State Street. She is next to a Western Union sign and several bicycles, and there is snow on the ...
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St. Theresa's Parish Hall — Exterior

Date: 04 10 1998
Description: "On Good Friday our group elects to dine in Theresa, at St. Theresa's Parish Hall. Once or twice a year a fish fry is featured at St. Theresa's Catholic Ch...
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Funeral Service at Zion Lutheran Church

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "Rev. Herbert Lemke and Charles Koepsell, Mayville, lead the mourners to the grave site."
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Blacksmith and Wagon Shop

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Description: View across street towards six men posing, with four of the men wearing aprons and work clothes, and two men in suits holding guns. Beside them on the left...
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Homeless Man on Church Steps

Date: 02 22 2012
Description: A homeless man is sitting on Saint Patrick's Catholic Church's steps as a woman on the sidewalk is walking past.
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Barbara Kiechler

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Barbara Kiechler, identified as a 4-H Club worker in Coon Valley, posing on a low wall surrounding the Grotto of the Holy Family on the grounds of Vil...
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The Newlyweds Emerge

Date: 02 01 1949
Description: The newlyweds with attendants Pearl Ruecker and Tom Hartwig emerge from Father Goff's parsonage at the Catholic Church.
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Leaving the Church

Date: 06 13 1953
Description: Carl and La Verne Grothouse are "showered" by rice after their wedding.
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Groundbreaking for Covenant Presbyterian Church Education Building

Date: 05 07 1961
Description: The congregation of Covenant Presbyterian Church at the corner of Mineral Point and Segoe Roads holds a groundbreaking ceremony for the church's new $100,0...
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Mrs. Beercroft

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Description: Mrs. Beercroft, née Lucy Hoven, and her mother in a decorated carriage in front of the Hoven family home on Mifflin Street. A crowd stands on the sidewalk.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in front of the Dom (cathedral) in Berlin.
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Group of Belgian Refugees

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Description: A group of Belgian refugees posing for a group portrait in the churchyard.
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Holy Hill

Date: 10 16 1930
Description: A group of men and women on horseback pausing during a fox hunt. They are in traditional fox hunting attire. The Basilica of Holy Hill is in the distance. ...
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Country School

Date: 12 16 1904
Description: Group portrait of children and adults standing on the open front porch of a small wood frame school building with two front doors. Among the adults in the ...

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