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Photograph

Reinforcing Stream Bank

Date: 
Description: Rocks placed to control the flow of Dale Creek. A house is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as a study of the water drainage in ear...
Photograph

Country Valley

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: A country valley with a winding stream. A farmhouse with barn and silo are on the right.
Photograph

Stream Bed and Country Road

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Description: View looking north from a covered bridge, including a rocky stream-bed and a tree-lined dirt road with houses and other wooden buildings. Caption reads, "V...
Painting

Haying Time

Date: 
Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Photograph

The Eagles Nest

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Description: View of the Eagles Nest, a Japanese Garden featuring a bridge and building amongst plants and trees.
Photograph

Bridge and Dam

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Description: Elevated view of a stream with a dam and a bridge. There is a small fenced garden along the water. In the distance is a hillside with houses.
Photograph

Parade through Cemetery

Date: 05 30 1967
Description: View of a parade traveling through a cemetery. Beyond, barns and farmhouses can be seen.
Map or Atlas

Topographic Map of Green County

Date: 1926
Description: A topographic map of Green County, showing by contours and spot heights the topographic and natural features of the county. The contour intervals are 20 fe...
Photograph

Fish Creek

Date: 1920
Description: View along shoreline towards a rustic foot bridge which crosses the mouth of Fish Creek, which separates the village of Fish Creek from Peninsula State Par...
Drawing

Landscape Plan of Riven Rock

Date: 1897
Description: Topographical map of Stanley McCormick's Riven Rock estate in El Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California. The map is identified as a map of a survey co...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1897
Description: This 1897 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, dams, bridges, Indian r...
Photograph

Bridge over Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: A rustic foot bridge over Fish Creek connects Peninsula State Park (foreground) with the village of Fish Creek. The Vits house is at the right end of the b...
Map or Atlas

Map of Dodge County, Wisconsin : From Government and Recent Surveys

Date: 1860
Description: This map of Dodge County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, property owners and acreage...
Map or Atlas

Map of Washington County, Wisconsin Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1910
Description: This 1910 map from the U.S. Post Office Dept. shows rural delivery routes, active and discontinued post offices, collection boxes, selected rural landowner...
Map or Atlas

Map of Winnebago County, Wisconsin Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1911
Description: This 1911 map from the U.S. Post Office Dept. shows rural delivery routes, active and discontinued post offices, collection boxes, selected rural landowner...
Map or Atlas

Map of Richland County, Wisconsin Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1911
Description: This 1911 map from the U.S. Post Office Department shows rural delivery routes, active and discontinued post offices, selected rural landowners and houses,...
Photograph

Birds Eye View

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view of Woodstock, with dwellings, farm buildings and a church. Pastures and fields surround the town.
Photograph

Elephants Foot Rock

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Description: View from above of Elephant's Foot Rock with Woodstock in the valley below.
Postcard

Scenic View of Cascade

Date: 1908
Description: View of a street going through the center of town. In the foreground is a stream and a bridge. Commercial buildings and dwellings are on the left.

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