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| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The hotel is set in a grove of trees against a backdrop of rolling hills. There are two chimneys and a belvedere. There is a barn behind with a supply of f... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Members and guests of the Heart of the Hills Walking Club pose on a bluff near Devil's Lake. H.E. Cole stands second from right. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, promoting travel to "Ireland This Year" and visiting Connemara.... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Upland prairie farming country with a view of the fields. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View along top of cliff toward cottages along a rocky coast. A large building is in the distance on the right. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A flock of sheep graze under old willow trees alongside a stream. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Corn shocks stand in a field with several pumpkins on the ground. There is a stream or river along the field, and in the background is a bridge over a dam... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a mining community, including numerous houses, mining structures, and large mounds of gravel material. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of a rolling rural landscape, most likely in Sauk County. In the far distance are houses and farm buildings, a church and a larger building, center ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A small farmhouse in the Greek Revival style stands near a field with corn shocks and pumpkins. Large evergreens line the lane, and a barn is in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A vast oil field displays how Oklahoma became the the largest oil-producer in the country. Caption reads: "Oil Fields near Tulsa, Okla." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of rows of oil derricks and steel tanks at Glenn Pool Oil Field where oil was first discovered on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Ch... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of smoke rising from the oil fields in the distance, resulting from an electrical storm. |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
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| Description: | View from road of front entrance of the Speedwell Farm. Original caption reads: "Desirable farm entrance -- neat and reasonably constructed. Also showing t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a pond in the foreground, and the seashore beyond. Houses are along the cliffs in the background. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of Devil's Lake. Rock formations are on the left side. Bluffs and sky are in the background. There are buildings along the shoreline. Th... |
| Date: | 06 04 1924 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of rocks and trees above the lake in Devil's Lake State Park. Below on the left railroad tracks run along the shoreline. Trees and bl... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior of a schoolhouse with a bell tower and flag pole. In the background is a farm, and fields and hills. A sign on the side of the tower says "1903". |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of a mill on a river. There is a man loading bags onto a cart at the front. There is a wooded hill on the right. |
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