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Mayville, Wis. Dodge County

Date: 1885
Description: Bird's-eye map of Mayville.
Postcard

Schliewerts Island

Date: 
Description: Three people sitting on a bench under the old thorn apple tree at Schliewerts Island looking out at the lake. Caption reads: "Beaver Dam, Wis. Under the Ol...
Postcard

View of River below Dam

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "River View below the Dam."
Postcard

River Scene, Mayville, Wis.

Date: 1905
Description: View from shoreline towards a river with a dam in the distance. Caption reads: "River Scene, Mayville, Wis."
Photograph

View of Mayville

Date: 1900
Description: View of Mayville across river.
Photograph

Motorized Water Pump

Date: 1923
Description: View of what appears to be a water pump powered by an International Harvester stationary engine on the farm of Albert Guenther.
Photograph

Mary and Max

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Description: Mary Brandel sits outdoors on the grass with her dog Max. There is a lake in the background.
Photograph

Playful Women at Fox Lake

Date: 1922
Description: A woman playfully spins another woman (probably her daughter) in a yard in front of a house. There is a lake in the background.
Photograph

Mary Brandel and Friends in Bathing Suits

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Description: Mary Brandel, peeking from behind a tree, poses with two men and a woman. They are all wearing bathing suits. There is a cottage and a lake in the backgrou...
Photograph

Brandel Women and Friend in Bathing Suits

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel, her mother, and a friend pose together wearing bathing suits. Trees and a lake are behind them, and the shadow of the photographer can be see...
Photograph

Mrs. Brandel and Two Women

Date: 06 1927
Description: Mrs. Brandel (center) with two other women posing on and near a tree stump on a lawn. There is a building and water in the background.
Photograph

City View from Water Tower

Date: 02 02 1978
Description: "Water tower view, looking due west."
Photograph

City View from Water Tower

Date: 02 02 1978
Description: "Groundhog Day... A view from the water tower, looking northwest. The 20mm lens provides a very wide angle of view."
Photograph

Theresa Waste Disposal System

Date: 02 24 1978
Description: "Theresa Waste Disposal System. Village man, Jim Zillmer, checks out sprinkler system."
Photograph

River, Cemetery, and Farms

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "The long lens compresses this view from the frozen Rock River in the foreground, the Catholic cemetery, and the Haag farm buildings in the distance."
Photograph

Memorial Day

Date: 1968
Description: "Memorial Day."
Photograph

Crop Dusting Plane

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: "This crop dusting plane crashed and burned on the Lucy Firk's property on the north end of the village."
Photograph

Rock River

Date: 
Description: "These cows walked through the Rock River near the 'River Church' on County AY."
Photograph

Pier on the Rock River

Date: 11 09 1947
Description: "Ralph Widmer checked out a pier on the Rock River." Ralph was the brother of photographer Jim Widmer.
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1966
Description: "American Legion Post 270 celebrates Memorial Day."

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