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Wisconsin's First Aviation Fatality

Date: 09 05 1913
Description: Wisconsin's first air fatality was P.C. Davis, an exhibition pilot from Chicago, who died as a result of injuries sustained during an aerial performance in...
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Mauston Service Station

Date: 1957
Description: Skelly service station, restaurant, and motel located along STH 12 in Mauston, Wisconsin.
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Street Scene

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Description: View across intersection towards storefronts on the left. On the corner is the Post Office, and further down are signs for the "Exide Battery Station," and...
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State Street

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of town. There is an unusual automobile parking pattern in the center of State Street. There is a sign for "Billiards" on a building in the r...
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Evergreen Resort

Date: 1929
Description: The entrance way to the Evergreen Resort. The sign advertises rooms, hot and cold water baths, meals, camp sites, and tourist kitchens. Caption reads: "Eve...
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior of the Methodist Evangelical Church. A small boy sits on the curb along the cobblestone street outside the building. Next door to the church is Ho...
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Catholic Church

Date: 1911
Description: View down street towards the exterior of the Catholic Church, where a horse is tied to a tree nearby.
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Mauston Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down brick paved Main Street. A horse and carriage travels along the street. Caption reads: "Scene on Main St., Mauston, Wis."
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Lemonweir River

Date: 1920
Description: Slightly elevated view towards a man rowing his boat along the Lemonweir River. Caption reads: "Scene on Lemonweir River — Oak & Maple Grove Resort — Maust...
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Island Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Campgrounds at the Island Resort, located 25 miles west of the Wisconsin Dells.
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Woodside Ranch

Date: 1971
Description: View from shade of trees towards a line of teenagers and adults riding horses along a dirt path. Across the road in the background are the barns and stable...
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C.M. & St. Paul Depot, Mauston, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: View of the C.M. & St. Paul depot with railroad tracks running along side. A man is standing in an arched service entrance.
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Cyclone Aftermath

Date: 10 10 1913
Description: View looking down towards two men standing on a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood after a tornado. There are damaged trees, and part of a wooden wall ...
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Scene on Lemonweir River

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Description: View down river towards a man in a rowboat. Caption reads: "Scene on Lemonweir River, Mauston, Wis."
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Railroad Station

Date: 1910
Description: View down a set of two railroad tracks towards the Mauston Railroad Station on the right, and an approaching train on the left set of tracks. Workers and p...
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State Street Looking West

Date: 1910
Description: View down street in the central business district. Caption reads: "State St. Looking West — Mauston, Wis."

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