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Postcard

Unloading Horses

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of horses being unloaded from railroad cars by soldiers. Caption reads: "'Unloading Horses,' Camp Douglas, Wis."
Postcard

Target Bluff

Date: 07 01 1925
Description: Black and white postcard of Target Bluff. Trees are on top of the bluff and also below. Railroad tracks are at the base. Text at foot reads: "Target Bluff,...
Photograph

Digging Car Out of Mud

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: Will Morrow (in a hat) and J.T. Samson, United States Resettlement Administration field workers, using shovels and boards to extract a vehicle from a muddy...
Photograph

View of Necedah

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Description: View looking north across the Highway 21 bridge at Necedah Lake. A man, likely a Resettlement Administration worker, poses in the grass in the foreground.
Photograph

Scenery at Necedah

Date: 1935
Description: View looking north across the Highway 21 bridge at Necedah Lake. A man, likely a Resettlement Administration worker, stands holding a pipe in the foregroun...
Photograph

National Guardsmen at the Depot

Date: 1885
Description: Group of Wisconsin National Guardmen standing on a platform, possibly at the Union Depot in Camp Douglas.
Photograph

Captain Harry Ellis and Gathering Guns

Date: 1887
Description: Wisconsin National Guard First Light Battery A from Milwaukee at Camp Douglas. A team of horses pulls a small wagon. There are trees and bluffs in the back...
Photograph

Catholic Church

Date: 1925
Description: A side view of a Catholic church. Narrow, arched stained-glass windows. Stairs leading up to the entrance. A car is parked by the side entrance with a ceme...
Photograph

Depot and Train

Date: 1925
Description: View down tracks towards a depot with an oncoming train arriving from the opposite direction. On the left side of the tracks opposite the depot is a shelte...
Photograph

Main Street (Center Street)

Date: 1911
Description: View down Center Street. The caption on the image is incorrect. On the left are storefronts, including a millinery and stable. On the right, commercial bui...
Photograph

Bird's Eye View

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view with a church in the foreground surrounded by dwellings.
Photograph

Bird's Eye View

Date: 1913
Description: A bird's eye view of the central business district. A river winding through the background. A building with a belfry in the foreground.
Photograph

Wonewoc Mill Company

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Description: A view of the Wonewoc Mill Company where they manufacture White Swan Flour. Sacks of flour and two men sitting on the loading dock. A woman walking away on...
Photograph

Depot and Yards

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the depot and yards. A windmill and water tower in the distance. Carts with sacks of flour and milk cans next to the depot. Signs for Western Uni...
Photograph

Circus World Train

Date: 07 05 1972
Description: View of local residents standing in the grass watching the Circus World Museum Train pass through Elroy and Union Center. The train, which did not normally...
Photograph

Camp Douglas Looking North

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Description: Exterior view identified as Camp Douglas from the south looking north. Elevated view of a town with a railroad track and an oncoming train in the center ...
Photograph

Camp Petenwell Workers and Trucks

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Description: Group of men posing in a field. There are two trucks parked behind the group, and axes are propped up in the foreground.
Photograph

Camp Petenwell CCC Men

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Description: Five men from the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Petenwell stand together and smile for the camera. They are posed in front of a truck which is parked ne...
Photograph

Camp Petenwell CCC Men

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Description: Group of men posing in two rows in a field. The men sitting and crouching in the front row are wearing folded down rubber boots. The men standing behind th...
Photograph

Cutting Ice

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Description: View from ice of men from the CCC group at Camp Petenwell cutting ice. Three men stand on the ice on the right. A steep bank surrounds the icy water. Men a...

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