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Freddy's Calf

Date: 1942
Description: Freddy Lang of rural Dane County with the Guernsey calf he planned to enter in the Junior Fair competition at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Edgewood College

Date: 1942
Description: Edgewood College's Marshall Hall, built in 1864 by Samuel Marshall and later used as a powerhouse and laundry. It was remodeled as a residence hall for col...
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Philip La Follette and his Family

Date: 1942
Description: Philip La Follette and his family at their farm in Mazomanie, Wisconsin. Left to right: Judith, Isabel Bacon, Philip, Robert, and Sherry in front.
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Isabel Bacon La Follette on farm in Mazomanie

Date: 1942
Description: Isabel Bacon La Follette holding a rake on the farm Philip purchased in northwestern Dane County.
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Grignon House After Restoration

Date: 1942
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
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Myrick Marker

Date: 1942
Description: The Myrick Marker on the Funke Candy factory placed by the La Crosse Chapter, D.A.R. to mark the site of the first house built in La Crosse in 1842 by Nath...
Postcard

Laona

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view from hill towards the city of Laona on the far shoreline. A large smokestack is spewing smoke. Caption reads: "Laona, Wis."
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Pendarvis House

Date: 1942
Description: The Pendarvis home, a restored Cornish miner's home now owned by Robert M. Neal.
Poster

World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Poster promoting the collection of scrap metal for use in war production. Includes an illustration of a farmer and International Harvester dealer dumping a...
Photograph

Primitive Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1942
Description: Cornish Primitive Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Robert Neal Baking Cornish Pasty

Date: 1942
Description: Robert Neal baking Cornish pasty at Pendarvis.
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Robert Neal Serving Cornish Pasty

Date: 1942
Description: Robert Neal serving Cornish pasty at Pendarvis.
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J.I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. The advertisement features a photograph of a contemporary tractor ...
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Magazine Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J. I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. Features a photograph of a farmer cultivating using a contemporar...
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Magazine Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J. I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. Features a photograph of man baling hay using contemporary tracto...
Poster

Governor Heil's MacArthur Week Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Poster advertising a World War II scrap drive effort sponsored by Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil. The effort was known as "MacArthur Week" and took place b...
Photograph

August Derleth at His Desk

Date: 1942
Description: Author August Derleth surrounded by books at his desk.
Photograph

New Mechanical Cotton Picker

Date: 1942
Description: Two cotton pickers, the first driven by Fowler McCormick, president of the International Harvester Company, drive through a field on the Hopson Planting Co...
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Hopson Plantation

Date: 1942
Description: Farm buildings stand in the distance at the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
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Cotton Storage Bin

Date: 1942
Description: Piles of cotton fill a storage bin at the Hopson Planting Company plantation.

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