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Filter: Subject of Plaques, plaquettes
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 08 21 1952 |
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| Description: | A man, probably Walter Howaniec, stands outside the McCormick Works factory while holding two picket signs during a worker strike. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the central business district. The Avoca Cooperative Company is on the street corner on the left. Three men congregate near a car parked a... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of bank building with empty lots on either side. The wording on the door reads, "Banking Hours 9 to 4." A "Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance" sig... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A winter view of the sculpture "Forward," created by Jean Pond Miner for the Wisconsin Women's Memorial at the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition. It stands... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of two-story city hall in Library Park. It features a bell tower and mansard roof. There is a plaque mounted over the doorway just below the roof.... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Water fountain near city hall at Library Park. There is a water fountain or bubbler on the edge of the fountain. Two men are sitting on separate benches in... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from across street of schoolchildren standing and playing on the sidewalk outside the Benton High School. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across street of a group of men standing on the sidewalk in front of the bank. A streetlamp hangs from a utility line. |
| Date: | 02 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Dignitaries gathered for the start of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Standing, left ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Cameron High School. The building features three stories, a bell tower, and a flag pole. A home is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Rows of tombstones at the cemetery. The gravestone of Myrtle Schmelz is legible. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Chaseburg Cooperative Creamery. Smoke comes from the back of the building. There is an advertisement for C.R. Watterson, "the painless dent... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Chaseburg Cooperative Creamery and an attached secondary building. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the German Lutheran Church. The sign says "Deutsch Kirche." |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Edward Rutledge Charity. There is a sign for the tourist camp and Irvine Park on the lamppost. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down a cobblestone brick road. Stores on the street include: the Columbus Hotel, Tremont Hotel, and a drug store. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Monument dedicated to the first settlers of Coon Valley. The monument is in Norwegian. There is a cemetery in the distance. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A small park in a median of Main Street. The park houses the Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War memorial. |
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