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Cochrane

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Description: Elevated view of Cochrane and the surrounding landscape. There are houses, railroad tracks, distant fields, a pond and some irrigation canals. Caption read...
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Swedish Free Mission Church

Date: 1911
Description: View of the church, with a field and trees in the background. Caption reads: "Swedish Free Mission Church, Ella, Wis." Handwritten on church: "June 3/1911"...
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Downtown Fish Creek

Date: 1905
Description: View across field and fence downhill towards the town of Fish Creek and the bay. Caption reads: "Greetings from Fish Creek, Wis."
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St. Vincent Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View across field toward the hospital. Caption reads: "St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, Wis."
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Holy Hill

Date: 1920
Description: View of Holy Hill, with a field and the Hillside Hotel in the foreground. Captions read: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage" and "The Holy Hill and Hi...
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Bee Farmer in Field

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Description: A cyanotype postcard of a bee farmer working in his field.
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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1905
Description: View across field towards the observatory. Caption reads: "Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Grand Dad Bluff

Date: 1901
Description: Grand Dad Bluff in La Crosse with the Crusher building which was built in 1901 and burned in 1902. Caption reads: "Grand Dad Bluff, La Crosse, Wis."
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Ebner's Coulee

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Description: Colorized view of Ebner's Coulee. Caption reads: "Ebner's Coulee, taken from Grandad Bluff, La Crosse, Wis."
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View of La Crosse

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of La Crosse. Caption reads: "Panorama of La Crosse, Wis. from Grand Dad's Bluff."
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Wausau Fair Grounds

Date: 1905
Description: View of field area with four buildings in the background. Caption reads: "Wausau Fair Grounds, Wausau, Wis."
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Bird's-Eye View of Mauston

Date: 1905
Description: View across fields toward the town. Caption reads: "Birdseye[sic] view of Mauston, Wis."
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Dirt Road in Antigo

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Description: Rural dirt road in the town of Antigo. Houses are in the distance.
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Bridge over Wisconsin River

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of bridge over Wisconsin River built in 1921 to take the place of the old wooden bridge when it became condemned. Caption reads: "Prairie Du ...
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Hillside Home School Buildings

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Description: View from field of the Hillside Home School buildings near Spring Green.
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Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
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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...
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Buff Creek Farm

Date: 06 19 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of Buff Creek Farm. The farmhouse is on the left and the barn and outbuildings are on the right. A man and an automobile are nea...
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Madison Football Champs

Date: 1911
Description: The Madison Central High School class championship team, about 1910-1912. Only Ben Bergor (Goldeberger), seated on the left, has been identified Caption re...
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Tornado Damage

Date: 1924
Description: Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t...

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