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Sinclair Gas Station

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Description: Exterior of Sinclair gas station on Highway 12, owned by Martin Platt.
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Pumping Station for Lake Forest at Arboretum

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Arboretum station was built when the site was a proposed site for a model city called Lake Forest, a scheme which fail...
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Pile Driver and Cenrifugal Pump at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Steam-powered pile driver and centrifugal pump (in shed) at work at the Wisconsin River dam site. Men and children are watching the work.
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Charles Brown at Pump

Date: 1925
Description: Charles E. Brown stands beside a chain and crank operated water pump. Brown was the curator of the museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and ...
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Work on Coffer Dam for Power House and Locks

Date: 09 12 1911
Description: An overview of the dam site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. Three pile drivers are at work on the coffer dam. The railroad trestle is in the ...
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Steube's

Date: 1936
Description: Log cabin with a stone chimney, nestled in Wisconsin northwoods in the vicinity of Clam Lake. A rustic log bench and a hand water pump are in the yard.
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Hydraulic Pump

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Description: Hydraulic pump and pipes, most likely in a sewage treatment plant.
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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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District School House in the Woods

Date: 08 01 1895
Description: Exterior view of the district school house property, with a young boy standing on the front steps. There is a hand-pump on a wood platform in front of the ...
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Big Boiler and Engine to Run Centrifugal Pump

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Workmen pose around the "big boiler" and engine that power the 12 inch centrifugal pump used to pump out the coffer dam at the power dam construction site.
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Hardy Homestead

Date: 11 1956
Description: A former homestead in the autumn, framed by leafless trees. The cabin is constructed of squared logs with interlocking double-notch joints, chinked with a ...
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Home of Willard Nuss

Date: 1933
Description: Submitted as an example of "The Homes of Pupils," this two-story Victorian house was the parsonage of Peace Reformed Church and home of Pastor Edward P. Nu...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of men and boys operating a steam tractor used for belt-driven threshing machinery. Farm buildings are on the right, and one has a thatched r...
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Getting Water

Date: 1931
Description: George Stallman and Walter Shinkus pose with a bucket at the water pump outside the Tibbets School. They are "getting water for the school." There are hou...
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Priesgen Barn — Water Pump

Date: 2004
Description: LeRoy Priesgen proves that this old pump still is capable of pumping water.
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Two Women and a Dog in a Yard

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Description: View towards two women and a dog posing standing in the yard of a wooden house. Trees and plants fill the yard, and on the far left laundry is hanging from...
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Family in front of House

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Description: A woman and young boy are standing on a wooden walkway, and a man is standing in the yard to the right with two young girls. A dog is lying on the porch of...
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Union Cemetery

Date: 02 05 1978
Description: "Union Cemetery — The graves are awash in snow in the aftermath of the late January snowstorm."
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Public School

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the public school in Eastman. On the left is a large stack of logs, and near the entrance to the school is a hand-pump.
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Ziemer Property

Date: 10 1979
Description: "Hubert Oechsner, Norm Grantman, and Peter Dogs were photographed at the Ziemer property."

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