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Lake Kegonsa Log Cabins — Highway 51

Date: 1930
Description: View from driveway over a stream towards a row of six log cabins to the left Highway 51. A Texaco Station and a delivery truck are on the far left. Cars ar...
Photograph

Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down middle of unpaved street towards six children standing in the middle. There is a storefront on the right, with an automobile and a horse and bugg...
Photograph

Wreck Near Reedsburg

Date: 1931
Description: View from road of a man standing near his overturned car smoking a cigarette. His coat is lying across the side of the car. In the background is a barbed w...
Photograph

Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: An overturned car sits among broken pieces of wood, including a broken chair, in a field. An arrow and the words: "Richard Sikora Killed Here" points to th...
Photograph

Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: The aftermath of a killer tornado, including an arrow and caption that reads: "William Berg Killed Here." In the background near the farmhouse are a group ...
Photograph

Scene at Munson Farm after Cyclone

Date: 06 12 1915
Description: Group of men and boys standing around the exposed foundation of a house in the foreground. There is part of an overturned roof on the left. Broken wood is ...
Photograph

Theodore Vinger Farm

Date: 1932
Description: The Theodore Vinger farmstead sits on gently rolling terrain. A painted sign on the large barn identifies the owner. At the time of the photograph, Martin ...
Postcard

St. Marys Church, School and Parsonage

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the church, with a parsonage on the left and a school on the right. A fenced-in field is across the street and an automobile ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 154-160

Date: 
Description: Patience we learned and requiem
to rest the tense who die
For we forgot the brazen earth
in courtship of the sky
Photograph

High Jump

Date: 1932
Description: A boy is caught mid-air in his approach to the high jump. Many other children and adults watch. One man identifiable by the "W" on his sweater is a student...
Photograph

Lakeside House on Green Bay

Date: 1909
Description: Scene near what may be Coleman, perhaps on the shore of Green Bay on Lake Michigan. View through tall grass towards a man standing next to an automobile lo...
Photograph

Couple Standing in a Field

Date: 1921
Description: Unidentified smiling couple standing in a field near an automobile.
Painting

Dairy Farm

Date: 1948
Description: A painting of a dairy farm, which was part of the State Fair Centennial mural.
Photograph

Aerial View of Arlington

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of residential homes, farmland and streets.
Photograph

View of Kekoskee

Date: 04 1987
Description: A 500 mm telephoto lens compressed Cty Trunk Y as it meanders from Kekoskee in the foremground north towards Leroy. A funeral cortage passes in the foregro...
Photograph

Meadow Brook Resort on Highway 13

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view from hill of Meadow Brook Resort. The main building is on the left and the annex is on the right. There is an automobile parked in the drivew...
Photograph

Memorial Day

Date: 05 1993
Description: Mourners, miltary band, and white crosses on Memorial day.
Photograph

Tractor Drawn Disk Harrow

Date: 08 02 1928
Description: Right side view of a man using a tractor to pull a disk harrow in a field or orchard. An automobile is parked in the background on the right.
Photograph

Evacuation Route Out of Milwaukee

Date: 1961
Description: Evacuation route out of Milwaukee. View from the side of the road looking downhill towards the rear of a Wisconsin State Patrol cruiser parked on the right...

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