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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view of a rural church with a clock on the steeple. Caption reads: "St. Martin's Church, Fillmore, Wis." |
| Date: | 08 22 1910 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people is posing near a haystack surrounded by debris. Caption reads: "Wreck at Mrs. Biederwolf, Fredonia, Wis." |
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| Description: | View down a dirt road stretching over a rolling hill. The land around it is clear of trees. Machinery is on the side of the road. Caption reads: "U.S. Hwy ... |
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| Description: | View of a farm with multiple barns and silos. Two trucks are parked on the property. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a curving railroad bridge with a train approaching. The Rock River is below. Buildings are on the far bank on the right. Caption reads: "C... |
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| Description: | View from a hay field on a hill looking towards pastures and fields in a valley. Caption reads: "Harvest Scene in Bostwick Valley, La Crosse, Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a coulee landscape. Agricultural fields are on a hillside. Caption reads: "Coulee Scene near La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of three men harvesting cranberries from a bog. Caption reads: "Greetings from Lac du Flambeau, Wis." |
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| Description: | View towards a farmhouse nestled among trees. Caption reads: ", Wis."Caption reads: "Bill Hooker's Farm Home Near Beulah Lake, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 05 24 1911 |
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| Description: | A group of soldiers with rifles standing on a dirt road. A horse and carriage are behind them, and a farm with farm buildings are in the distance. Caption ... |
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| Description: | View of Lake Waubesa from a hill. A farm is in the distance on the left. The Yahara River is in the foreground. Handwritten caption reads: "Lake Waubesa." |
| Date: | 07 25 1922 |
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| Description: | View across fence towards a field with bales of barley arranged in rows. A person is operating horse-drawn farm machinery in the field on the right. Farm b... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across fields towards a small town. Caption reads: "General View of Leon, Wis." |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Illustrated postcard view of the exterior of Bancroft Dairy, and an inset at top left of Charmany Farms. Near the entrance of the dairy are chairs set arou... |
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| Description: | View of the fox kennels at a fur farm. The main office is in the center of the fenced-in area. Caption reads: "Lemmer Fox and Fur Co., Marathon, Wis. U.S.A... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a round barn, 150 ft. in diameter, 50 feet high, built in 1917. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wood County Insane Asylum. Caption reads: "Wood County Insane Asylum, Marshfield, Wis." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a factory near Marshfield. Railroad tracks are on the right. Caption reads: "Berg Equipment Co. Plant, Marshfield, Wisonsin." |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View towards a tornado-damaged home with most of the roof missing and a collapsed barn. A chicken is in the yard. Captions read: "Barn" and "Mrs. E.C. Barn... |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View of a collapsed barn after a tornado. The house in the background on the right is missing its roof. Captions read: "Barn," "House," "After the Cyclone,... |
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