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Holy Hill

Date: 1920
Description: View of Holy Hill, with a field and the Hillside Hotel in the foreground. Captions read: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage" and "The Holy Hill and Hi...
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Carmelite Fathers' Home

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Carmelite Fathers' home on Holy Hill. Caption reads: "Home of the Carmelite Fathers, Holy Hill, Wis."
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Arpin's Farm

Date: 07 06 1915
Description: Photographic postcard across field towards Arpin's Farm. The farm is in the distance. On the extreme right is a row of power lines stretching to the horizo...
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The Return From the Alps

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Description: Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b...
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Hauling Milk at Hering Farm

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Description: Robert Carl Hering and his son Alexander Hering are standing next to a horse-drawn wagon filled with milk containers. Farm buildings are in the background....
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Bailey's Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view across rocky field of dwellings and other buildings along Lake Michigan. Along the left is a rocky ledge. The shoreline of the h...
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Group of People Posed at Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of a family posed on a hill in front of a farm, with farmhouse, outbuildings, and a windmill. The family is gathered on a hill i...
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Workmen Building a Shed

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Description: Photographic postcard of workmen posing with a partially built shed or corn crib. One man in sitting on the roof timbers. Two wagons with lumber are parked...
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A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the back...
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Scene From Lookout Tower, Alpine Resort

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Description: Elevated view of Egg Harbor from the Lookout Tower at Alpine Resort. In the water is a long pier leading to a barn. Dwellings are along the shoreline in th...
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Farm near Elroy

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Description: Elevated view from hill of a farm and the surrounding landscape. Hills are in the distance. Caption reads: "Elroy, Wis."
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Frederic, Wisconsin; Cooperative Creamery

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Description: View from hill of Frederic, with a creamery in the center. Three men are standing near the doorway of the creamery, and an automobile is parked in front. H...
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Curtis Farm

Date: 1913
Description: View uphill in a field with several cattle grazing. A farm is in the distance further up the hill. Caption on image reads: "Curtis Farm, 1913."
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1908 Wishing You A Happy New Year

Date: 12 26 1907
Description: Holiday greeting postcard with violets and clover in the foreground framing the "1908" date, and at the top is a house and barn on a hill. Text at foot in ...
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Bird's Eye View of Sun Prairie

Date: 09 21 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Sun Prairie, Wis." An elevated view of dwellings, businesses among trees, with City Hall in the center. On the hor...
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Bridge on the Kickapoo River

Date: 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Looking Down Kickapoo River, Viola, Wis." A railroad bridge on the Kickapoo River. A barn is on the left, trees are along the shoreli...

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