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Blockhouse Mine

Date: 1940
Description: Blockhouse lead mine with cows grazing.
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Prospecting for Lead

Date: 06 1949
Description: Gophering, or prospecting for lead using a windlass at Maplewood Farm.
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Down in the Zinc Mine

Date: 1910
Description: Miner inside a zinc mine.
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Zinc Miners

Date: 1910
Description: Zinc miners posing with an ore bucket down in a mine.
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Going Over Farm Plan

Date: 09 1939
Description: Farm Security Administration county supervisor going over farm plan with a rehabilitation borrower as his family looks on.
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Brewery at Potosi

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the brewery in Potosi with cars parked along the street.
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Zinc Mining

Date: 1915
Description: Two men work in a zinc mine near Platteville, Wisconsin.
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Mine Shaft

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of a shaft house at a zinc mine.
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Barn Art

Date: 07 1949
Description: Gothic roofed barn with river scene painted on its roof by Frank Engebretson.
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Boscobel Meat Market

Date: 1905
Description: A man and a woman stand on the customer side of the counters. Phil Hof stands with a large knife behind a tabled covered with meat, while Sam and Herman Ho...
Postcard

Marquette State Park, The Sand Caves

Date: 1914
Description: Postcard for Marquette Park in Grant County, number 4706 in a series by E.A. Bishop of Racine. The caption on the back of the postcard reads: "The pictures...
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Tree in Hayfield

Date: 1936
Description: Shocks of oats form long rows in a large, rolling field. A single tree is standing in the field. On the reverse of the print is written: "Greenfield near L...
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Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt

Date: 09 1952
Description: A woman is standing on a sidewalk outside a school, holding a notebook. This is Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt, the first black school teacher in Cassville. Mrs. Wyatt...
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Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt

Date: 09 1952
Description: A woman, Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt, is walking along a sidewalk. She is the first black school teacher in Cassville. Mrs. Wyatt moved to Wisconsin from Paris, Ten...
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Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt

Date: 09 1952
Description: A woman is sitting at a desk, while another woman is standing next to her looking over her shoulder. A poster showing a diagram of the Underwood Champion K...
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Lower Valley Farms in Castle Rock

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of two farms, with fields and barns in a valley. This image appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Lead Region, on a photo...
Postcard

Front View of Grotto

Date: 1929
Description: Hand-tinted postcard showing the Dickeyville grotto. Postcard caption reads: The Grotto of Christ, the King, and of Mary, his Mother, was conceived, design...
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Prairie Near Montfort

Date: 06 30 1955
Description: From caption: "Prairie two miles north of Montfort Wis on the Iowa-Grant County line trunk highway I view to the east from the road. Photo by Robert Hall 1...
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Big Sand Cave

Date: 1937
Description: View of the entrance to Big Sand Cave, which according to the caption is located in Nelson Dewey State Park. This dates the image to before 1937, when the ...
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Wisconsin River Valley from Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River Valley, looking down across tree-covered bluffs. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River Valley from Nelson Dewey State Park."

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