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Six Men on Street

Date: 1909
Description: Group portrait of six men standing in the street. Behind them are storefronts in downtown Black Earth.
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Horse-Drawn Hearse

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Description: Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving.
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Horse-Drawn Hearse

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Description: Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving. In the background on the right a small pig is running near a fen...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Three people ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Earth Day Globe

Date: 1995
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd of people wearing hard hats gathered on the National Mall. They are building a huge model of the planet Earth for the 25th A...
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Family Honors New Congressman from Iowa

Date: 11 28 1958
Description: John L. Wolf (right), a Madison automobile salesman from Black Earth, welcomes his brother, Leonard G. Wolf, who is a newly-elected congressman from Iowa.
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Men Working with Earth Moving Equipment

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of men working with crawler-tractors and sheepsfoot rollers to move earth. Trucks, dump trucks and automobiles are in the background.
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Man Using Tractor to Move Earth

Date: 06 1926
Description: View across ditch towards a man using a tractor to move earth. In the far distance are farm buildings among trees, and a windmill.
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Fisherman Walter Meske of Watertown holds up a fish he caught while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth.
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Man Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Right side view of a man using a McCormick-Deering tractor to move earth. An unpaved road, and houses among trees are in the background.
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Woman at Spring

Date: 1925
Description: An unidentified woman stands beside a stone spring house at a spring between Mt. Horeb and Black Earth.
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Alonzo Pond Displaying Escargotiere

Date: 01 26 1927
Description: Alonzo Pond posing sitting and holding a pickaxe next to a block of earth showing the composition of the escargotiere (an old dump for domestic waste). Her...
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Man Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a 10-20 McCormick-Deering tractor to move earth in a field. There is a windmill and farm buildings in the ...
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Man Operating 250 Loader

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Description: Elevated view of man operating 250 Loader to move earth.
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Black Earth State Bank

Date: 1925
Description: View across street of a group of men standing on the sidewalk in front of the bank. A streetlamp hangs from a utility line.
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Man Operating Hough Pay Loader

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Description: Man operating a Hough Pay Loader to move earth. Houses are in the background.
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Men Using Kerosene McCormick-Deering Tractor as Earth Mover

Date: 06 1926
Description: Elevated view of men using a tractor in a pit to move earth. People are standing at the edge of the area watching the men working. Houses are in the backgr...
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Ice Fishing on Salmo Pond

Date: 01 1954
Description: Kenneth Kruse, a Madison policeman living at 5009 Flambeau Road, and his son Billy wait patiently for a nibble while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black E...
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International Construction Equipment on Job Site

Date: 1964
Description: International D500 Paydozer and 295 Payscraper moving earth on a job site. The machines were manufactured by Hough, the construction equipment subsidiary o...
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Industrial Tractor for Street Construction

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: A man is operating an industrial tractor, which has a shovel on the front for moving earth. Tall buildings are in the background.

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