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| Date: | 07 06 1937 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for the dam on the St. Croix River that is now part of the Gordon Dam County Park. Construction on this dam was begun as a WPA project... |
| Date: | 04 04 1901 |
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| Description: | Syl and his father on Easter morning stand outdoors near trees in front of a small blanket set with eggs, candy, and a toy bunny and pig. In the background... |
| Date: | 06 15 1901 |
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| Description: | View from across lawn of Mrs. Woshbun with other women sitting around a table on a deck built on the edge of a hill overlooking a river. There are also roc... |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "The long lens compresses this view from the frozen Rock River in the foreground, the Catholic cemetery, and the Haag farm buildings in the distance." |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "American Legion Post 270 celebrates Memorial Day." |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | American Legion Post 270 celebrates Memorial Day. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | U.S.S. Wisconsin docked on the Hudson River at Norfolk, during decommissioning ceremonies. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | "American Legion Post 270 members assemble on the bridge on Memorial Day." |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Shows lot and block numbers, 28 points of interest in the upper left that correspond to numbers on the map, and landownership with acreages. "Erickson Brot... |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Loehrke/Zastrow wedding. The Mayville Park Pavilion is reflected in the Rock River. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | On Memorial Day American Legion Member Oliver Krueger drops a wreath into the Rock River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This map of Beaver Dam pictorially shows the history of the town. The map was made for the 100th anniversary celebration of Beaver Dam in 1941. The map inc... |
| Date: | 04 1999 |
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| Description: | With Shirley Widmer looking on, Chelsey and Logan Wilz and Parker and Carly Hren count their Easter eggs. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | This map shows selected streets, public buildings, churches, schools, businesses, warehouses, the harbor, the Root River, and Lake Michigan. The map includ... |
| Date: | 06 30 1957 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a crowd, with costumed participants dressed as Native Americans, fur traders, and Jacques Marquette, at the dedication of the Marq... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Doc Copeland helps Jack wash off the toothpaste by dipping Jack's face in the Chippewa River. |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Another view of Doc Copeland dipping Jack's face in the Chippewa River to wash off the toothpaste. |
| Date: | 07 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Locktender Earl Wood swinging open the heavy lock gate for a speedboat operator passing through the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park. A sign above t... |
| Date: | 07 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Boaters and fishermen on the Yahara River moving into Lake Mendota just after the water reached exit level at the Tenney Park lock. |
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