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Long Bluff

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Description: Photographic postcard elevated view over field of Long Bluff. Trees and a watchtower are on top of the bluff. In the lower left corner is a long building w...
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Lawson M.T.2 with Propeller Engaged

Date: 1918
Description: Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) with the propeller engaged. A man is walking near the airplane's left wing, and the propeller and man are blurred. Location...
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Lawson M.T.2 — Taken in Flight by Jno Carisi

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard of a view under the wing of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in flight. Below is a field and beyond are buildings and a body of wate...
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Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair

Date: 09 1914
Description: Elevated view of a small sample of "4000 cars" parked at the Great Fair. Caption reads: "Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair, Elkhorn, Sept. ...
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Railroad Crossing

Date: 1908
Description: View across the railroad crossing at Hales Corners. Wagons are parked along the side of the road in the background. Two men are standing on the corner near...
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Bird's-Eye View of Johnson Kreek

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the rooftops of Johnson Creek and surrounding landscape. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Johnson Kreek[sic] Wis."
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Birds-Eye View of Humbird, Wis.

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Description: Elevated view of the Village of Humbird. Caption reads: "BirdeEye, Humbird, Wis."
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General View of Leon, Wis.

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across fields towards a small town. Caption reads: "General View of Leon, Wis."
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Mouth, Yahara River at Waubesa

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Description: View down hill where grassy fields lead down to the Yahara River where it meets Lake Waubesa. Two children are walking through the grass on the left. Capti...
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Red Cedar River

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Read Cedar River, Rice Lake, Wis." and "Hand-Colored." A view down the railroad tracks, over a metal bridge spanning a river. In the ...
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Saint Nazianz

Date: 03 17 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Birds Eye View, St. Nazianz, Wis." Elevated view of a small town from a field. A church is on the horizon.

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Birdseye View of Mazomanie

Date: 02 28 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Birdseye view of Mazomanie, Wis." Elevated view of streets, churches, businesses and dwellings. Beyond the town are fields and hills.
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Birdseye View of Schleisingerville

Date: 10 31 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Birdseye View of Schleisingerville, Wisconsin." Elevated view from a hillside of a small town with hills on the horizon. The name of ...
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Bird's Eye View of Sherry, Wisconsin

Date: 10 03 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View, Sherry, Wisconsin." Slightly elevated view across a field towards a small town with four locations marked in ink. "L...
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Greetings from Spooner

Date: 1960
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spooner, Wis." Text on reverse: "Looking north on this aerial view one can see the State Fish Hatchery in the foregrou...
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A Scene Near Spring Green

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "A Scene Near Spring Green, Wis." Two men are standing in the open doorwway, and one man is standing with a white horse in the yard of...
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Bird's-Eye View of Stockholm

Date: 05 19 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Stockholm, Wis." A village in Pepin County, founded in 1854 by immigrants from Karlskoga, Sweden, who named it aft...
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Bird's Eye View of Strum

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Strum, Wis." Elevated view of a small town with hills on the horizon. A church and cemetery can be seen on the rig...
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Bird's Eye View of Theresa

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View. Theresa, Wis." Elevated view of the town from a field. Homes, farms, businesses and churches can be seen with hills ...
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Bird's Eye View of Viola

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View, Viola, Wis." Aerial view of the town with farms in the foreground and wooded hills on the horizon.

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