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Church in Cassville

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene overlooking town, showing Baptist church in background.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior shot of the Blue River depot. Five men are standing outside the building. There is a Wells Fargo cart on the platform.
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Blue River Sleepy Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: Several businesses in Blue River's downtown, including a drug store and a lumberyard.
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Post Office

Date: 1911
Description: Men, possibly postal workers, standing on the front steps of the local post office with crates and barrels in the foreground.
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Crossroads Corner at Dusk

Date: 05 07 1962
Description: Crossroads corner at dusk, following hail storm.
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Drawing of Tracy Theater

Date: 03 12 1930
Description: Architectural drawing of Tracy Theater in Platteville, Wisconsin, Livermore & Barnes architects.
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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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Platteville, Wis.

Date: 1896
Description: Bird's-eye map of Platteville with twenty-two locations identified below image. Town square to left of center, behind Main Street. Area bordered by Lancast...
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Buildings at Crossroads

Date: 05 1962
Description: Texaco gas station on the left and cars parked on the road next to buildings in downtown Beetown. The road is rutted and muddy with puddles. Several signs ...
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Ballantine Residence

Date: 1956
Description: Two-story, brick Ballantine residence, with very tall grass in the foreground, and trees in the background.
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Canal Street rebuilt after Fire in Bloomington

Date: 1956
Description: Store at 1897 Canal Street, with an old car on the lower right. The car is parked in front of a "no parking" sign.
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House with Rear Extension

Date: 1956
Description: House with typical extension in rear.
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House with Extension

Date: 1956
Description: House with typical extension in rear.
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Former Flour Mill

Date: 1956
Description: The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po...
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Former Flour Mill

Date: 1956
Description: The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po...
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Bloomington Public School

Date: 1956
Description: School known as the "old stone school," the first public school building in Bloomington. The clock tower replaced the former bell tower.
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Covered Railroad Bridge

Date: 1933
Description: Elevated view of a covered railroad bridge over a calm body of water, with bluffs in the background.
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Habermann Hotel and Buffet

Date: 1900
Description: View across dirt road of two businesses. On the left is a two-story brick building with large windows which are painted with signs that say: "Habermann Buf...
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Cassville

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Description: Cassville from the bluffs. Bluffs are in the right side of the image, and the view overlooks the town. The church is the dominant structure, and the river ...

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