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Pit at Lead Mine

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Description: Pit at Hazel Green lead mine.
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Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in an overgrown field. Producing charcoal was once a fairly large industry in De Pere.
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Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in ruins in a field beyond a fence, with electric power lines in the background.
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Woman with a Horse

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Description: A woman, possibly Sarah Jones, wife of William Arthur Jones, with a horse. In the far background is a house and other buildings.
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Family Garden

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Description: A family garden in a company town for the Consolidation Coal Co. Five people are displaying their produce among the garden and the nearby buildings.
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Artillery Target Practice Field

Date: 1927
Description: Earthwork four miles southwest of Racine, used during the Civil War in light artillery target practice to stop solid shot. Joseph Cooper is waving the flag...
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The Onthank Residence

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Description: In the 1870s, Almira Morill Onthank converted the home into a guest house, and the residence stayed in the Onthank family for over a century.
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New Union Railroad Station

Date: 1915
Description: New Union Railroad Station, a stop of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, was completed in the early 1840's.
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Harvesting Grapes

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Description: A view of a woman harvesting grapes and putting them in small, wooden baskets.
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Harvesting of Grapes

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Description: A view of men and women harvesting grapes in a field.
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Workers' Unity House Garden

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Description: A view of the garden, with four men tending to the plants. In the background to the left are two large outbuildings connected by a smaller structure.
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Hampton Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of female students working in the fields with hoes. Behind them are college buildings.
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Hayride at Camp Sherwood

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a hayride at Camp Sherwood. Children and adults are sitting on hay in horse-drawn vehicles. A field and hills are in the backgrou...
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Dunbar's Camp

Date: 1900
Description: View downhill toward four men standing on the side of the road, with two men leaning against a fence, and one sitting on the fence. To the right is a cornf...
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Carol Commack Banks on Roadside

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Description: Carol Commack Banks stands at a roadside in the grass next to a post fence. There are houses in the far background.
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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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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field.
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Cranberry Picker

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Description: Mechanical cranberry picker in the field. A man is standing behind the picker.
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Men Working in Cranberry Bog

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Description: Men working in Wisconsin cranberry bog. Possibly combing the vines. In the background are long, open air sheds packed with crates.

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