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View of Sparta, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon.
Photograph

School Milk Cooler

Date: 11 02 1936
Description: A man loads a milk can into a McCormick-Deering milk cooler at the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children.
Photograph

Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background.
Photograph

Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking Northwest. Workers are standing on the right next to the exposed drainage pipes in the damaged bridge. Sheets and quilts are covering the entranc...
Photograph

Water Street Bridge Repair

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets.
Photograph

Cuban Family on Porch Steps

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Cuban Family sitting on porch steps with sign on door that says: "Independence 4 of July USA." Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refu...
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Catholic Mass

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Catholic mass with Cuban refugees who had arrived as a result of the Port of Mariel exodus, and were housed at Camp McCoy.
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Cuban Refugee Family Living Quarters

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Members of family seated and standing near the entrance to their home. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had arrived as ...
Photograph

Wisconsin National Guard Officers

Date: 1910
Description: Assembled group of Wisconsin National Guard officers at Camp McCoy. A few tents can be seen in the background at right.
Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps Employees

Date: 1937
Description: A group portrait of the Motor Transportation and Utilities Department of the Sparta District CCC. Jacob Spreuer, junior dispatcher, is in the second row.
Postcard

Stage Coach

Date: 1863
Description: Photographic postcard of a stagecoach pulled by four horses in the road in front of a harness shop. Two men sit in the upper seat. A handful of people stan...
Photograph

Sparta Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: View of Main Street from its intersection with Oak Street. On the left corner is a bank and two drug stores. On the right are two restaurants and a shoe sh...
Photograph

Carnegie Library in Sparta

Date: 1911
Description: View from street of the Carnegie Library. A boy is standing on the stone steps that lead up to the arched entrance which has two round windows and a datest...
Postcard

O.P. Camp McCoy

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a group of surveyors working on a hilltop at Camp McCoy. Caption reads: "O. P. Camp McCoy, Sparta, Wis."
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Men Posing with Quintuplet Calves

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Description: Stereograph of two men posing with a cow and her quintuplet calves. Identified as part of a "Views of Sparta and Vicinity" series.
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Looking Through the Tunnel

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards two men working near the entrance to a tunnel. The man on the left is using a pick, the other man is using a shovel. Wate...
Postcard

County Road

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "County Road, Near Sparta, Wis." Elevated view of a group of people standing on an unpaved county road that runs through a cut in a hi...
Postcard

Water Street, Looking North

Date: 08 09 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Water Street, Looking North, Sparta, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks lined with businesses. Signs read, "Monroe County Bank," "Dr...

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