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Water Supply and Plumbing at Mexican Labor Settlement

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Two outhouses and another building are in a field, with a water pump in the left foreground. Caption reads: "This Press picture shows the water supply and ...
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View of Farm Buildings

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Description: View across fence and lawn towards a farmhouse and outhouse. In the background is a barn and two windmills. At the base of the cupola on the barn is the da...
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Horses with Binder near Farm Buildings on Plains

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards a team of horses with a McCormick binder in a farmyard on the plains.
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Fernhill Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view from hill of the Frank and Bertha von der Sump farm on Golden Road. There is a modest one-story farmhouse, a barn, windmill, and four other f...
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European American Family in Their Yard

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Description: Outdoor group portrait in an unidentified location of a man, woman, three boys, and a girl posing standing behind three empty wooden chairs. Behind them is...
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O'Brien School

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Description: View across field towards a small wooden school house in the distance, with children on the porch, and a horse and wagon in the yard. Identified as the O'B...
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Abandoned School

Date: 1935
Description: A simple one-room schoolhouse with a hip roof is standing behind a neglected fence. Most of the window glass is gone and the paint has faded. There is a de...
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House with Vine-Covered Porches

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Description: Exterior portrait of a two-story wooden house with two porches with hanging vines.
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Black River Falls Elementary School

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Description: Outdoor view, in stereograph form, of the elementary school in Black River Falls. A group of faculty are gathered on the stairs and in the second story win...
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Alfred Lawson and Group with Lawson M.T.2

Date: 1917
Description: Alfred Lawson and two men pose with a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2), which is parked outside a hangar. Lawson is wearing a leather flight suit and partia...
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"Hoosier Lodge for Hoosier Hospitality" US Hwy 12

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Description: View down dirt road of the tourist camp with cottages. There is a building for men's and women's showers in the foreground, and a building marked "Toilet" ...
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Hunters on the Pond

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a group of seven men posing on a dock in front of a small hunting shack in the middle of a marsh. Ducks hang on stringers attache...
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Entrance to the Pine Grove Camp

Date: 1928
Description: View from driveway with stone columns, over road towards the entrance gate to the Pine Grove Camp. People are standing near an automobile, tents and an out...
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Scene at Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Dells Farm Resort with an elevated view of a multi-room cottage with an outhouse located under the balcony on the right. Two women sit around a table in th...
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Public School

Date: 1916
Description: Three-quarter view from front of the public school, which is a two-story wood frame building with a belfry. There are two doors at the front of the buildin...
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Thomas Pederson Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with snow-covered fields at the Thomas Pederson farm, near Holmen.
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Military Camp Toilet, Shower and Sink

Date: 01 11 1944
Description: A soldier is standing on the ramp leading to the camp toilet suspended over the water, with a roll of toilet paper sitting on the edge. On the right is a w...
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View of Spring Valley

Date: 1893
Description: Valley view of town buildings and hillside.
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Depot and Train

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Description: View over railroad tracks towards a railroad depot with an arriving train. A few passengers are on the platform. On the right is a pile of fuel wood. There...
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Fairbanks School

Date: 1931
Description: A simple sign over the front door identifies the one-room Fairbanks School. A flag hangs from a pole mounted on the roof. The top of the door is ornamented...

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