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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Cashiers at DeForest State Bank

Date: 09 12 1933
Description: A.A. Linde, cashier, and Carl Linde, assistant cashier of DeForest State Bank, display the ropes and gag used during a robbery of the bank.
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Sherman PTA Play Cast

Date: 01 23 1932
Description: Sherman PTA Players, winners of the 4th Dane Co. Drama Preliminary Contest at DeForest, in the fainting scene in "Bills."
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Two Men Reading

Date: 1900
Description: Two men read in a room with many signs on the wall and a hanging lamp. Perhaps a fraternity house.
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Herman Elies Working with Hemp

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Herman Elies slashing the twine ties from the hemp bundles to be processed into cordage for rope during World War II at a hemp mill on Highway 51 in DeFore...
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Men Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two men processing hemp in a DeForest plant for use as cord and rope during World War II. The men are feeding hemp into a rolling machine which crushes the...
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Chase Lumber Company Fire

Date: 02 14 1947
Description: The aftermath of a blazing fire involving five railroad cars of building materials at the F.L. Chase Lumber Company's main building in DeForest.
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Chase Lumberyard Fire

Date: 02 14 1947
Description: The main building at the F.L. Chase Lumber Company in DeForest destroyed by a blazing fire.
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DeForest High School Athletic Banquet

Date: 03 20 1956
Description: DeForest high school principal Woodro Stadler (front, left) makes a point to Ron Smith, basketball captain and Errol Erstad, football captain at the second...
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Photographer in Studio

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length portrait of a man posed standing in front of a painted backdrop with a number of large format cameras and other photography equipment.
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Barber Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Man posed standing in a barber shop. His barbershop tools and equipment are behind him on a shelf under the two mirrors, in a cabinet on the left, and on t...
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Six Young Farmers

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: A young man wearing a wool coat is carrying two pails across a snow-covered farm yard. In the background a dog is running to keep up, and icicles are hangi...

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