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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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First National Bank of Edgerton

Date: 04 17 1931
Description: Interior of the First National Bank of Edgerton, with customers and tellers in cages.
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University Circus

Date: 12 15 1913
Description: A horse-drawn wagon, filled with University of Wisconsin students dressed as clowns, proceeds along a Madison street as part of a parade. Spectators line ...
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Weighing a Turkey

Date: 11 1947
Description: A worker at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, is weighing a turkey as two girls are looking on.
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. A woman is walking on the street nearby, and a boy or man w...
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Children Reading in Library with Librarian Looking On

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th...
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Shell Buyers with Launch and Barge

Date: 1895
Description: Prairie du Chien (vicinity) about 1895-1900. Shell buyers with their launches and barges docked at shoreline. Freshwater clam shells were used in the pearl...
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Clam Camp Housing

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Description: Clam camp housing and tents with forest in the background. Four men are sitting on the right, in the center are two women, one standing and one sitting, an...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The winner of the 1957 Soap Box Derby, Van Steiner, receiving champion's kiss from Barbara Harned, wife of "Wisconsin State Journal writer, who was a forme...
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Picking Peanuts

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Description: Agricultural workers picking peanuts. Caption reads: "Picking Peanuts In Isle Of Wight, Va."
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Lesson on Eradication of Cattle Tick

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children sitting on wooden benches inside Cottage Hill School as they watch Professor P.G. Holden give a presentation on the era...
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Schneider Barn

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Description: Michael and Amy Schneider, with their children, Maggie and Matthew, live at 807 Allen Road (Section 26). They have lived here for 8 years.
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Giese Barn

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Description: Gary and Sue Giese live at W1161 Zion Church Road (Section 27). Their granddaughter is Sydney Comstock. The Giese's milk 30 cows that produce about 1,000 l...
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Henckel Barn

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Description: Andrew and Jennifer Henckel & children, Luke and Leah, live at the end of a dead-end road at N7791 Freedom Road (Section 26).
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Woman and Children in Cornfield

Date: 07 04 1919
Description: A woman and two children stand in a cornfield at an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. Farm buildings appear in the background.
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Mrs. Gillespie Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1930
Description: Mrs. Gillespie using a metal bucket to feed a flock of White Leghorn chickens outside a farm building on an International Harvester demonstration farm. A s...
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Little Red Inn — Interior

Date: 01 02 1998
Description: "Vicki, waits on our group at the Little Red Inn in St. Lawrence." Pictured (Clockwise around the table); Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Parker Hren, John B...
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Callahan's Grill & Bar — Interior

Date: 02 20 1998
Description: "This evening, Tanya Zimmerman, is our waitress, at Callahan's Grill & Bar. A perch plate (small order) is $8.95." From left to right; John Bodden, Rudy He...
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Ledgeview Lanes — Interior

Date: 05 29 1998
Description: "Jen Hillbert serves us food at Ledgeview Lanes. Perch are $7.95. We vote them 4.3 Stars." Left to right; Rudy Heinecke, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Kay Hren, C...
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Community Dinner

Date: 1920
Description: A group of farmers gathered in a rural church for a community dinner.

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