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Plowing the Fields

Date: 
Description: Farmer plowing a field with two horses.
Photograph

Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
Photograph

Farmhouses and Churches

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill across field towards farmhouses, dwellings and churches along a road. In the foreground are stumps. Caption reads: "Big Falls, Wis."
Photograph

Big Manitou Falls

Date: 1940
Description: Big Manitou Falls with trees and observation area.
Photograph

Menomonie Indian Reservation

Date: 1920
Description: Sign for the toll road at Big Smoky Falls on the Wolf River. The sign reads: "Big Smoky Falls of the Wolf River. Many years ago before 1925 there was no ro...
Photograph

Elevated View of Iola

Date: 1905
Description: A north-facing elevated view of Iola, with Main Street to the right.
Photograph

Nollenberg Road Bridge

Date: 09 1982
Description: Nollenberg Road Bridge in the Town of Union.
Postcard

Aeroplane View of Chain O' Lakes

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view of some of the 26 lakes known collectively as the Chain O' Lakes. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View of Chain O'Lakes, Waupaca, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Waupaca Chain-O-Lakes Map

Date: 1896
Description: A map of the Chain-O-Lakes in Waupaca, including Indian trails. The path of the Waupaca Electric Railway from the Grand View Hotel to the Wisconsin Central...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Chain-O'-Lakes, Waupaca, Wisconsin : A Guide for those who, Loving Beauteous Nature, Would Seek Recreation in Her Fairest Haunts

Date: 1898
Description: This 1896 map of the Chain-O-Lakes region of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, shows the lakes and streams, some topography, archaeological sites, roads, railroad...
Map or Atlas

Hydrographic Map of the Chain-O'-Lakes, Waupaca County Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This 1898 map shows the contour depths of the Chain O' Lakes in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, and includes 15 cross sections of the lakes. Roads, parks, the W...
Map or Atlas

Sectional and Township Map of Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: This 1870 map of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, and lakes and streams.
Postcard

Main Street Big Falls

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view down center of unpaved street in the central business district of a rural community. On the left is a general store, and on the ...
Photograph

Rock-Strewn Hillside

Date: 1925
Description: Heavily rock-strewn hillside and rail fence.
Photograph

Woman Posing Near Rock, Big Falls

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length portrait of an unidentified woman posing near a rock at or near Big Falls.
Postcard

Finney Library

Date: 
Description: View from street towards the Finney Library, with cars parked at an angle in front. The firm of H.T. Liebert of Milwaukee and Wausau was the architect. Cap...
Map or Atlas

Waupaca County

Date: 1974
Description: This map includes a diagram on the bottom left margin showing civil towns, a township numbering system, state highways, roads, lakes, and a legend on the r...
Map or Atlas

Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Date: 1901
Description: This map shows landownership and acreages, townships and sections, and selected buildings.
Map or Atlas

Scandinavia Township, Waupaca County, Wis.

Date: 1971
Description: This map is a photocopy of a plat created in 1966 by Malcolm Rosholt which shows the community as it appeared in 1856. The map includes land owned by Norwe...
Photograph

Man Drinking from Stoneware Jug

Date: 1922
Description: View across field towards a man standing and taking a drink from a stoneware jug. Beside him on the left is a team of two horses attached to a plow. Both h...

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