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| Date: | 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Gophering, or prospecting for lead using a windlass at Maplewood Farm. |
| Date: | 07 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Coon dogs starting race with handlers and spectators in background. |
| Date: | 07 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Coon dogs treeing a raccoon with handler and spectators observing. Sign on spectators' fence says: "Elect Taylor G. Brown, Republican Candidate for Lieuten... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A view of the Mitchell-Rountree house. Built in 1837 for the Rev. Samueal Mitchell under the direction of his daughter's husband, Major John H. roundtree, ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Mitchell-Rountree house (the first). |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the Mitchell-Rountree house, built in 1837. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Hadley Mill on the Little Platte River, seven miles southwest of Platteville in the Town of Paris. |
| Date: | 02 17 1949 |
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| Description: | One of five aerial views of Platteville and surrounding countryside covered in snow. |
| Date: | 02 17 1949 |
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| Description: | One of five aerial views of Platteville and surrounding countryside covered in snow. |
| Date: | 07 1949 |
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| Description: | Gothic roofed barn with river scene painted on its roof by Frank Engebretson. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing between a man and woman next to an automobile. The woman has her arm around Margaret's waist. Margaret is we... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Map showing plats, streets, and the public square. The bottom margin of the map includes registration and certifications. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | This photocopy of a hand-drawn map shows streets, a public square, lots, and extensive registrations and certifications. |
| Date: | 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Home of the photographer after a snowstorm. Written on reverse: "Built in 1850, was first station of underground railroad in Wisconsin in Civil War." |
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