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Remains of a Fire

Date: 08 30 1931
Description: Elevated view of crowds gathering to survey the smoke and ash left after a fire demolished buildings.
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Train Wreck

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Elevated view of wreck of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad freight train. The derailment is so severe that the train station has been knocked off...
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First Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: View of the First Methodist Church, with two women standing on the church steps, and another woman standing on the sidewalk. The church was built in 1854 b...
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St. Nicholas Hospital

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of St. Nicholas Hospital. An automobile is parked at the corner. Caption reads: "St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, Wis."
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Paul Newman at Elkhart Lake

Date: 1987
Description: Actor and race car driver Paul Newman at Elkhart Lake, home of the Road America race.
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Mario Andretti at the Starting Line

Date: 1987
Description: Mario Andretti, whom many consider to be the greatest race car driver of all time, at the start/finish line of the Road America race course at Elkhart Lake...
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Wisconsin's First Coupe

Date: 1905
Description: Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f...
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Dick Leppla Driving at Road America

Date: 07 23 1977
Description: Dick Leppla driving in the qualifying race for the Can-Am (Canadian-American) feature at Road America.
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Central Hotel

Date: 08 23 1925
Description: Two men stand in front of the wooden Central Hotel building while a third stands in the doorway. An automobile is parked in front. To the right is a second...
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Chissy's

Date: 08 14 2009
Description: We visit Chissy's Pub And Grille, 501 North Mill Street, (just odd Highway 57) Waldo." From left to right, John P. Widmer, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, and Shirl...
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Liberty School Group

Date: 1932
Description: Hand-colored photograph of students from Liberty school, a one-room school in Sheboygan County. The children in the back row are standing on the bumper of ...
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Family Posed in Car

Date: 1914
Description: Anna Fiebelkorn is in the back seat of the car with another woman and two toddlers. William Fiebelkorn is driving the touring car. A small boy is sitting i...
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The Family in a Car

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Description: A smiling Anna Fiebelkorn is driving a touring car. William Fiebelkorn is next to her with two children in front of him. In the back seat are a woman with ...
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De Visch Windmill Park

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Description: Because of the predominate Dutch background of people in the Cedar Grove area, it was decided by the Cedar Grove Booster Club to perpetuate this heritage w...
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Road America Inc. Automobile Race

Date: 06 18 1960
Description: There is a man in a race car on the course in the foreground on the left. A man is standing on the road, under a banner that reads: "Pure, Elkhart Lake's R...
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Road America Inc. Automobile Race

Date: 06 18 1960
Description: Elevated view over parking area towards the Road America race course.
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Old Wade House

Date: 1970
Description: Two people are walking on the brick courtyard at the Old Wade House, a Wisconsin Historical Society site. The Old Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoac...
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Race at Road America

Date: 07 1983
Description: View from the stands of an automobile race at Road America near Elkhart Lake. Large striped tents are in the background on the right.
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Foeste Hotel

Date: 07 31 1924
Description: Text on front reads: "Foeste Hotel, Sheboygan, Wis." A corner view of the Foeste Hotel, which has many arched windows, and dormer windows above. An automob...
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Bathing Beach

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Sheboygan, Wis." View from water towards a large beach on the Lake Michigan shoreline. There is a crowd on the sand an...

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