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Farmhouse Facade

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the front of the house, with a stone front porch and a balcony above. A fence is along the right and left bordering the yard. Field...
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Milwaukee Reaper at McCormick Works

Date: 10 27 1910
Description: View of a reaper sitting outdoors on the cobblestones in the yard at McCormick Works. In the background are railroad cars behind a loading dock.
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Town in Sahara Desert

Date: 12 1927
Description: Men are sitting on the ground outside the walls of a town in the Sahara Desert.
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Scout Parked at Overlook of Shoreline

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Description: Scout parked outdoors at an overlook. A group of people stand at the railing looking down at the water.
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International Harvester Concept Vehicle

Date: 08 23 1978
Description: People examining the International Harvester concept vehicle. News Photo sheet reads: "This new International Harvester concept vehicle was the feature att...
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Birthplace of Emma Abbott

Date: 03 09 1887
Description: Stereograph view of a wooden house. Caption reads: "Birthplace of Emma Abbott, Kinzie St. Chicago, Ill. No. 51 Windows with open shutter - showing white c...
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Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: A man is sitting on the right looking down at the spillway. Buildings are in the background. Handwritten on back: "Mill building — note pillar to support o...
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South Side of Mill — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: A man is working near the mill. Handwritten on back: "South side of mill showing pit for water wheel."
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Tail Race — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Handwritten on back: "Lower end of tail race." The Blacksmith Shop is on the far left, and the reconstruction of the mill is just behind it. In the center ...
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Head Gate Entrance from Inside of Mill — Walnut Grove

Date: 02 15 1938
Description: Handwritten on back: "View of head gate entrance leading to mill race taken from inside of dam."
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Outside of Dam Wall — Walnut Grove

Date: 02 15 1938
Description: A group of men are working on the dam. Handwritten on back: "Outside of Dam wall at center."
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Dam Construction — Walnut Grove

Date: 02 15 1938
Description: Two men are standing on the stone wall, and another man is standing on scaffolding inside the dam. In the foreground are large stones, logs, and water. Han...
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Head Gate Entrance — Walnut Grove

Date: 02 15 1938
Description: Handwritten on back: "View of head gate entrance taken from outside of dam. Note hand hewn locust posts."
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Early Voters

Date: 10 21 2020
Description: Early voters at La Crosse City Hall standing at a distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Family on Wrap-Around Porch

Date: 1873
Description: A family is seated on the wrap-around porch, with two men posed holding shotguns standing below them at foundation level. There are two windows in the ston...
Postcard

Pine River

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Pine River, Wild Rose, Wis." View along left side of a riverbank towards a bridge, with a stone wall along the right bank. Another st...
Postcard

State Teachers College

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Text on reverse reads: "College Entrance, State Teachers College, Whitewater, Wis." Simplified illustration, based on a photograph, of "Old Main" on the Wh...
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Forest Lodge Transport

Date: 10 1960
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs, wearing a navy blue dress coat, is sitting in a three-wheel blue cart with a red roof that Mary used to travel the grounds of Fores...
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Flower and Vegetable Gardens

Date: 1954
Description: Tall flowers, possibly delphiniums and hollyhocks, grow between a stone wall and a grass path. A vegetable garden grows on the other side of the path, and ...
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Garage and Stable

Date: 1916
Description: Two-story building. The first story is a foundation of stone and the second story is sided with wood. Numerous windows are on both stories, and two dormers...

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