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Platteville Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The brick building at 340 South Chestnut Street, was built around 1930. It resembled the house-with-canopy-type station commonly constructed throughout the...
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South Lancaster Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This store, which was originally built in 1840 (and rebuilt after an 1877 fire) was bought in 1891, by Samuel Kerr who continued to sell sugar, flour, mola...
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Tyler School

Date: 1950
Description: Tyler School District No. 1. Students pose outdoors near school.
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Tyler School Classroom

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Description: Teacher and students. The students are posed seated at their desks inside the school. The teacher is Mrs. Rose Chitwood.
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Crossroads In Beetown

Date: 05 07 2012
Description: Dusk in downtown Beetown. View down curved street towards an illuminated Hamms sign on a building along the block on the left. A sign that reads "Beetown F...
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Brown School

Date: 03 31 2012
Description: View from road of Brown School, a brick school building near Fennimore.
Painting

Cross-Section of a Native American Burial Site

Date: 2009
Description: Watercolor of a Native American burial site. Reconstructed stratigraphy and cross-section representative of conical mounds at the Raisbeck Mound group.
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Main Street in Beetown

Date: 07 27 2012
Description: A view down Main Street in Beetown on an overcast day.
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 07 27 2012
Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Evangelical Church, with stairs and a ramp at the front of the building.
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Uptown Blue River

Date: 04 25 2012
Description: A view from an intersection in the main business district.
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Rephotographic Pair: Crossroads In Beetown

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of downtown crossroads, presented as a pair. The vintage view includes signs advertising Texaco Perry Gas, Minnows and Wor...
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Rephotographic Pair: Brick School Building

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of a brick school building, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the District #4 School. The modern view shows the ...
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Rephotographic Pair: Downtown Beetown

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view down Main Street, presented as a pair.
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Rephotographic Pair: Public School

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the Public School, presented as a pair.
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Rephotographic Pair: Methodist Evangelical Church

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the Methodist Evangelical Church, presented as a pair.
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Rephotographic Pair: Blue River Street

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the downtown business district Blue River, presented as a pair.
Map or Atlas

Platteville : on N.W. 1/4 Sec. 15 T3R1

Date: 1947
Description: This photocopy of a hand-drawn map shows streets, a public square, lots, and extensive registrations and certifications.
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In Memory of Barbara Klokner

Date: 07 18 2015
Description: A sign next to a flowering bush on a hill reads: "In memory of Barb Klokner." In the background down the slope are red barn buildings with white roofs stan...
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Castle Rock Lutheran Church After the Memorial Service

Date: 07 18 2015
Description: View up slope towards men and women walking along a grass path through a cemetery towards a church. The church is a one-room brick building with a steeple....
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Grotto in Dickeyville

Date: 08 01 2015
Description: A small shrine made out of stone, mortar, colorful rocks and found objects. The modern door is made of glass and metal. A large stone cross is at the top o...

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