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Community Baseball Game

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a small town baseball game in progress. Audience members are standing on the sideline and sitting on the grass. Horses and bu...
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Looking West from Schoolhouse

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a Hillsboro neighborhood. Rolling hills are in the background. Caption reads: "Looking West from Schoolhouse, Hillsboro, Wis."
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Water Street

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Description: View across street towards businesses. Horse-drawn vehicles are moving down the street, and a group of men are standing in front of a shop on the right. La...
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Storm of Feb 22-23, 1922

Date: 02 23 1922
Description: View down street toward the aftermath of an ice storm. There are downed power lines and ice-covered trees. Caption reads: "From W.C. Hansberry Home N.E. St...
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Hillsboro Condensed Milk Company

Date: 1917
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Hillsboro Condensed Milk Company factory, established 1914. Manufacturer of sterilized evaporated milk. The brick s...
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First Congregational Church

Date: 1954
Description: View across street towards the church. The entrance and steeple are on the right. Caption reads: "First Congregational Church, Hillsboro, Wis."
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German Lutheran Church

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the German Lutheran Church. Caption reads: "German Lutheran Church, Hillsboro, Wis."
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Public School

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of the public school, a brick one-story building. Caption reads: "Public School, Hillsboro, Wis."
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Bird's-Eye View of Hillsdale

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Description: Slightly elevated view of Hillsdale. Two churches are on the edge of the town in the distance, and a field and dwellings are in the foreground. Caption rea...
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored view of Main Street lined with businesses. Shoe stores are on both sides of the street. A team of horses is approaching. Caption reads: "Main ...
Photograph

Harness Races

Date: 09 1963
Description: Harness racing at a County Fair. The horses pulling sulkies are making the turn in front of the grandstand. Another building and trees are in the backgroun...
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Tepees

Date: 10 1955
Description: Shocks of corn are lined up in a cornfield during harvest.
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Fisherman's Boardwalk

Date: 1960
Description: View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background.
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Parallel Progressions

Date: 1977
Description: Skiers on a slope make an interesting parallel pattern against the snow.
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St. Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Retreat, Wis., 1908." A dirt road runs through a small town, 9 miles east of the Mississippi River, with a large buildi...
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Main Street, Looking South

Date: 09 20 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Looking South, Stoddard, Wis." An unpaved main street with businesses on both sides. On the left is a store with a sign ...
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Castle Rock

Date: 01 25 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Castle Rock, near Viroqua, Wis." A man and woman pose in front of a rock formation. This formation is a "pillar" or "rock spire." It ...
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The Three Chimneys

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "The Three Chimneys, Viroqua, Wis." A man stands on top of one of the pillars in the Three Chimneys rock formation, also known as Chim...
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Greetings from Viroqua

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Viroqua, Wis." On reverse: "U.S. Government Dam on the Mississippi River." A cargo barge is about to pass through lock...
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Westby Church

Date: 1920
Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Westby Church." A brick church built in the Gothic style with two towers.

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