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Surveying Fire Damage

Date: 1904
Description: Aftermath of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27. This image provides the best of only a few known photographs of the ornamentation of the w...
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Freedom House Ruins

Date: 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand near a fireplace and other rubble of a burned Freedom House used by civil rights workers. The house was "burned down in the middle ...
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Woman Walking Through Freedom House Door

Date: 1965
Description: A woman walks up steps and through a door into a Freedom House, used by civil rights workers.
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Group Outside Clay County Courthouse

Date: 1965
Description: Two men and a woman stand outside the entrance to the Clay County Courthouse. To the right of the doorway is a sign that reads "Fallout Shelter." The capti...
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Clay County Welfare Office

Date: 1965
Description: View down sidewalk of the Clay County welfare office. The caption on the back of the image reports that African-Americans who received welfare were treated...
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Bullet Holes in the Pheba Freedom House

Date: 1965
Description: Three individuals point towards shotgun holes in a door and on the side of a building, highlighted by circles. The building is the Pheba Freedom House, use...
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Pheba Freedom House

Date: 1965
Description: Front view of the Pheba Freedom House, used by civil rights workers. Along the walls and doors, bullet holes have been highlighted with circles.
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Abandond Schoolhouse

Date: 1965
Description: The school used for African-American children in the western half of Clay County until 1960, pictured 5 years after it closed.

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