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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of the church. Caption reads: "Zion's Church, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of Water Street, featuring the Monroe County Bank on the corner on the left. Caption reads: "Water Street, Looking North, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops towards a main street during berry season. Horse-drawn wagons are gathered further down the street near an intersection. The Mo... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View down street towards an intersection. Large lampposts are at each corner. A sign on the building on the left reads: "Sidney." Caption reads: "Oak St. E... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across lawn with trees toward the courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Diagonal view across road toward the hotel. Caption reads: "Hotel Lewis, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View toward the front of the library. Caption reads: "Carnegie Library, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "County Road, Near Sparta, Wis." Elevated view of a group of people standing on an unpaved county road that runs through a cut in a hi... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "P.L. Wegner Summer Home. S.T.H. 71. Sparta, Wisc." The Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto aka The Glass Chapel, a concrete structure with a... |
| Date: | 08 09 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Water Street, Looking North, Sparta, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks lined with businesses. Signs read, "Monroe County Bank," "Dr... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hotel Sydney - Sparta, Wis. European - Modern - Dining Room." View from intersection of a two-story hotel with three-story towers on ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Masonic Temple - Sparta, Wis." This Neoclassical building was built in 1923 and faced with tapestry cream brick. In front is a signpo... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Castle Rock near Sparta, Wis." A formation about 600 feet high, having on its summit a large circular rock, named Castle Rock, for it... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto. Little Glass Church ca 1930-1934. Located on Highway 71, 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 27, 9 miles north of S... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto. Ship Bremen 1930. Located on Highway 71, 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 27, 9 miles north of Sparta, WI. One o... |
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