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Lead Mine Interior

Date: 1930
Description: View inside a lead mine showing six miners with a car on a track.
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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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Looking East down Main Street in Platteville

Date: 1930
Description: View looking east down Main Street at the intersection with Court Street. Coyle's Drugstore is on the right.
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Zinc Mining

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

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville."
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State Mining School

Date: 1930
Description: A view of a tree on the grounds near a building at the State Mining School. This maple tree was planted in 1869 by, Professor Charles H. Allen, Professor D...
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Plaque at State Mining School

Date: 1930
Description: A view of the plaque on a maple tree outside the State Mining School. It reads: "Planted April 1869 by Professor Charles H. Allen, Professor Duncan McGrego...
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Rountree House

Date: 1948
Description: The John H. Rountree House, built in 1854. According to "The History of Wisconsin" (Vol. I, 1973), "The rise of the settlement at Platte Mounds was indisso...
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Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Platteville, Wis."
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City Park

Date: 1930
Description: View of the city park, with a gazebo on the right.
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Mitchell-Rountree House

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Mitchell-Rountree house (the first).
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Mitchell-Rountree House

Date: 1930
Description: The Mitchell-Rountree house, built in 1837 by Samuel Mitchell of Virginia whose daughter, Mary Grace Mitchell, was married to John H. Rountree, the founder...
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Mitchell-Rountree House

Date: 1930
Description: View across lawn towards the Mitchell-Rountree house. People are standing on the front steps of the house on the far right.
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Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: Caption reads: "Main Street, looking East, Platteville,,[sic] Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1929
Description: View looking down sidewalk on the left of Main Street. A sign in the foreground reads: "Iowa Oil Co."
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Hadley Mill

Date: 1940
Description: Hadley Mill on the Little Platte River, seven miles southwest of Platteville in the Town of Paris.
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Empire Mine

Date: 1920
Description: The Empire zinc and lead mine. Very litle lead is now produced.
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Big Badger Fair Broadside

Date: 1912
Description: Announcement from the Educational Department of the Big Badger Fair, held September 3-6, 1912 in Platteville.
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Educational Exhibit at the Big Badger Fair

Date: 1913
Description: Exhibit featuring pressed flowers, maps, drawings, and written compositions.

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