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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
Photograph

Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
Photograph

Waumandee Mill

Date: 1895
Description: View of a mill, sluice and dam on Waumandee Creek. The mill was built by John Oschner in 1863. Two products produced by the mill were White Rose Flour and ...
Photograph

Group of People in Farmyard

Date: 1917
Description: A group of people under a tree in a farmyard, with possibly a lake in the background. Two women, with heavy netting on their hats, hold luggage. A toddler ...
Photograph

Farmstead near Waterway

Date: 1900
Description: Rural scene of farmstead with a river or stream (?) in the background. The farm is bounded by a barbed wire fence, and there is a utility pole on the bank ...
Photograph

Mill Pond

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Description: Elevated view of mill pond and homes along the opposite shoreline. A person is standing at the shoreline in the foreground. Caption reads, "Mill Pond, Mill...
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...
Postcard

The Horseshoe Curve Near Ableman, Wis.

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Description: Colorized postcard of the horseshoe curve of railroad tracks. Elevated view of the railroad tracks with train snaking past a farmhouse and a bridge suspend...
Postcard

Greetings From Bruce

Date: 05 15 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a poster promoting Bruce with seven photographs. The fairgrounds, Main Street, farm scene, Catholic Church, Chippewa River bridge,...
Photograph

Richardson Farm

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Description: The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr...
Photograph

Scene near Bloom City

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Description: Elevated view of farmland. In the bottom-left center, there is a structure with a bell tower near a dirt road. In the center there is a similar building. T...
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 1930
Description: View from hill of a farm near a pond. There are homes along the far shoreline, and a lake and hills in the far background.
Photograph

River, Cemetery, and Farms

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "The long lens compresses this view from the frozen Rock River in the foreground, the Catholic cemetery, and the Haag farm buildings in the distance."
Photograph

International Truck on the Ohio River Boulevard

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International truck tractor on an urban highway. A bridge, houses and industrial buildings are in the b...
Photograph

General View of Governor Nelson Dewey's Estate

Date: 1904
Description: Panoramic view of Governor Nelson Dewey's estate. The left image is of an old stone barn with a shed in the rear. The center image is another barn. The rig...
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...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This 1902 map of the eastern portion of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1919
Description: This 1919 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, farm houses, the Indian re...
Photograph

Elevated View of Stoddard

Date: 
Description: View down hill towards Stoddard, with the Mississippi River and hills in the background. The German Lutheran Church is in the foreground, and there are rai...
Map or Atlas

Map of the County of La Crosse Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Map of La Crosse County, Wisconsin showing village plat, farm houses, schools, roads, railroads, township names (New Amsterdam, Dacota, Minnesota, Driesbac...

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