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Rail Yard at Depot

Date: 1895
Description: Railroad depot surrounded by stacked lumber for wood-burning locomotives. A few homes can be seen in the background.
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Phillips' Residence

Date: 1890
Description: Old Uncle Billy Johnson home at Governor Phillip's house, about six miles north of Prairie du Sac near highway 12. Portion of house, rock formation in back...
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John Liegeois at Dutton Farm

Date: 1900
Description: John Liegeois at Dutton Farm. John had an identical establishment in Little Suamico. Joeseph Jr. and John and Louis Liegeois and Rachel were born in (Robi...
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Hickory Grove School

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Description: View across field of stone school building with outhouse and a wood pile. In the background is a church with a belfry. A road is along the right leading up...
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Unidentified Men and Girl

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Description: Two unidentified men and a young girl posing outside what is possibly a one-room schoolhouse.
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Winnebago County Asylum Farm Buildings

Date: 1930
Description: View from across road of the Winnebago County Asylum farm buildings, including a large barn.
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Marjorie Quinney's Checkered Coat

Date: 1910
Description: Marjorie Quinney, Richard Quinney's aunt, wearing a stole and a checkered coat, standing behind a Model-T Ford on the family farm with sheds in background.
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Two Burros

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Description: Three young people standing near two burros carrying firewood in front of a dwelling. Caption reads: "Burros Carrying Firewood."
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Ox-Drawn Wagon

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Description: View of four oxen pulling a wagon full of firewood on a dirt road. Trees, houses and lampposts are visible in the background. A man with a child sitting n...
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Mexican Wood Wagons

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Description: A man wearing a hat is standing in a side street in Juarez, Mexico next to two donkeys laden with bundles of wood. Caption reads: "Mexican Wood Wagons, Jua...
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Taliesin II Living Room

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Description: Living room of Taliesin II looking towards the fireplace, built-in bench, and work storage area.
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Woman on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "The 69 year-old woman on the front porch lives alone at the bottom of this unpaved, unlighted, ungraded alley. The building next to her is empty. She hea...
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Building, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A building, possibly an outhouse, with a woodpile behind it. In the background, two houses with porches are visible. "No roads or streetlights or sidewalks...
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Woman Outside House, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A woman stands next to a home near a woodpile. Behind the trees in the background, more homes are visible. "Houses are built in rows and cover the hill fro...
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Wood Pile near Porch, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A wood pile is located near the front porch of a house. Outhouses are in the far background.

80 people live in 21 buildings in the Taylor Alley neighborh...

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Port Wing Consolidated School

Date: 1931
Description: Children play on swings in front of the imposing Port Wing Consolidated School. It is two stories tall, with wood frame construction, a tall sandstone foun...
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Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a young boy pose on sleds near their teams of reindeer in front of a house and its outbuildings. In the background is a large building with oni...
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Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: A family of Laplanders with their reindeer sled teams. In the background are a house with its outhouses, and a group of people to the left of center, as we...
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Wood Pile

Date: 1932
Description: A conical stack of stovewood owned by Delbert Karns of 9th Street, Menomonie stands beside a house. It contained 55 cords of wood.
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Group Posed by Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A group of possibly both American and British soldiers standing just outside a blockhouse fortification. There are piles of logs and an axe on the ground i...

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