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Adams County Fair

Date: 1990
Description: A male teen is posing with a prize sheep at the Adams County Fair.
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Domestic Abuse Counselor

Date: 1990
Description: Close-up of a female domestic abuse counselor sitting at a desk holding a bible with a rope-noose around it.
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Thunderbird Washout

Date: 1990
Description: The “Thunderbird Washout” float at the Adams-Friendship High School homecoming parade. On the float, a boy in football attire is waving to the crowd.
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Cottages at Atcheson's Resort

Date: 1930
Description: View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the public school, a two-story brick building in a rural area with small bell tower on the roof above the entrance. There is a flagpole on...
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Springvalle General Store

Date: 1922
Description: View from road of the general store, a two-story wood frame building in a rural area. A man and a child are standing near the door. Another child is sittin...
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Deep Lake

Date: 1928
Description: View down slope towards Deep Lake. There is a girl standing in a rowboat at the shoreline. She is holding up her catch of the day. In the background a man ...
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Log Cabin at Atcherson's Resort

Date: 1930
Description: View across lawn of long grass towards a log cabin next to the Wisconsin River. An automobile is parked on the left near the porch.
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Rabbit Rock

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Description: Three young people are standing on Rabbit Rock, two of them in the foreground, and one on top of the taller peak. Highway 13 is below in the background.
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Fire Break

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Description: One man, wearing a hard hat, is kneeling in the dirt in the foreground, while another man wearing a cap is resting one foot on a Minneapolis-Moline disk pl...
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Fisherman by Power House and Dam

Date: 06 1962
Description: Landscape photograph by Sid Boyum of a fisherman on the bank of Big Spring Creek near a power house and dam. The fisherman to the right blends into the bui...
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View from Bluff, Roche-a-Cri

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Description: View from a bluff overlooking a glacial drumlin and a hill in the distance. Identified via caption as Roche-a-Cri.
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Adams County Supermarket

Date: 04 1955
Description: Three men visit at the corner of the Plainville Grocery. There are many signs and logos on the storefront: "Coca-Cola," "Peerless Beer," "Model Smoking Tob...
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At the Dells

Date: 1910
Description: A group of three men and four women, probably members of the Von der Sump family, posing for a casual portrait on a rock formation at the Wisconsin Dells.
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Cha-Cha-Cha

Date: 1961
Description: A Prairie Chicken performing his Booming Dance.
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Irrigation

Date: 06 1964
Description: Irrigation sprinklers spraying water onto a field near Grand Marsh.

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