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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1940
Description: Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1851. It claims to be "the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal church in the world."
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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1905
Description: Three-quarter view from left of the Methodist Episcopal church. Caption reads: "'Norge' M.E. Church, Cambridge, Wis."
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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1905
Description: View of Methodist Episcopal church from the street. Caption reads: "Norw. M.E. Church Cambridge Wis."
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South Street and Water Tower

Date: 1900
Description: A view down unpaved South Street looking east. There is a water tower in the background. Caption reads: "Residence St."
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Chapel at Willerup Camp in Cambridge

Date: 1926
Description: Caption reads: "Chapel at Willerup Camp — Lake Ripley — Cambrdige. Wis." The camp was named for the Danish immigrant minister, Christian B. Willerup, who e...
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Village Inn in Cambridge

Date: 1920
Description: Front view of the Village Inn. Caption reads: "The Village Inn Cambridge Wisc."
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Lake Ripley Island Resort

Date: 1948
Description: View from a pier of rowboats and a cabin at the Island Resort on Lake Ripley.
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Wisconsin Main Street

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: View of Main Street showing stores, people and vehicles.
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Wisconsin Feed and Seed

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: View across lot towards men, a boy, and a dog standing beneath an overhang outside the Cambridge Feed and Seed Company. Parked nearby are a truck and an au...
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Beach at Lake Ripley

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Beach scene at Lake Ripley showing three young women under an umbrella.
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Main Street West

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of Main Street West. The street is unpaved and covered with ruts. Sidewalks line both sides, and pedestrians are walking between the sto...
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Cambridge High School

Date: 11 29 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of the Cambridge High School. Text at foot reads: "High School, Cambridge, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of Main Street. Several men and boys are outside of a store with H.A. Olsen printed on the awning. One boy is holding a ball. Th...
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Swanson Cottages, Lake Ripley

Date: 1926
Description: A cottage with a "Hill-Side" sign. An outhouse is to the right of the cottage. There is a path up the hill on the left.
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Village Inn

Date: 1928
Description: View across road of the Village Inn; featuring a "Hotel" sign, vines along the screened porch windows, and a fenced garden.
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Along the Shore of Lake Ripley

Date: 06 20 1922
Description: Photographic postcard along the wooded shoreline of Lake Ripley. Caption reads: "Along the Shore of Lake Ripley. Cambridge, Wis."
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Cambridge Storm

Date: 07 06 1954
Description: Gerual Simonsen's barn, on the edge of Cambridge, destroyed by a wind storm.
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Cambridge Storm

Date: 07 06 1954
Description: Carl Trieloff of Cambridge looks over a barn rafter that pierced the side of his house. The rafter came from a barn located about 100 yards away.
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Lake Ripley

Date: 07 26 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of Lake Ripley. Trees are along the shoreline, with sand on the lower right.
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A Rural Scene near Cambridge

Date: 08 1917
Description: Colorized postcard of a rural scene. A dirt path winds through the forest, and a pond or stream can be seen in the lower right corner. Text above reads: "A...

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