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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams. |
| Date: | 09 12 1933 |
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| Description: | A group of people are gathering in front of the DeForest State Bank, site of a robbery. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | A view from the roof across an unpaved road towards a building across the street from A.L. Dahl's photography studio. The two-story storefront is a general... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B... |
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| Description: | Home of Tina Dahl Bertrand. Lewis Dahl at the wheel of an automobile. Walter and mother second and third from right in back seat. Bertrands on porch. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the Opera house. Caption reads: "Opera House, De Forest, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of DeForest. Caption reads: "Birdseye View, DeForest, Wis." |
| Date: | 10 1928 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of DeForest including residences and the surrounding countryside. |
| Date: | 10 07 1944 |
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| Description: | Scene on Highway 51 and County Trunk K near DeForest where Madalene Richgels, an employee of Oscar Mayer, was killed in a truck auto accident near Gest's G... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from street of the brick public school, with bell tower. Caption reads: "Public School, De Forest, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View down center of unpaved Commerce Street with buildings along a sidewalk on the right, and a building in the distance. Caption reads: "Commerce Street, ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the high school building, with a bell tower. Caption reads: "High School Building, De Forest, Wis." |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "DeForest, Wis. Protest raised by citizens when dealer put implements in a city park. Picketing." |
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