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| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of the funeral procession of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, with Taliesin seen in the center background. Following the farm wagon hearse are ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided ... |
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| Description: | Design for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a dairy and agriculture theme. |
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| Description: | Graveyard with buildings in the background. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Men, women, and children of the Tschirren family having lunch on a wagon in their field. The Tschirrens had a farm in Niedermuhlern, Switzerland. |
| Date: | 08 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Scene in the cemetery near Martinsville during the internment of Lucille Ballweg, victim of a tornado. |
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| Description: | The Little Norway Church and graveyard, just south of Black River Falls. |
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| Description: | The North Lutheran Church, near Upper Squaw Creek. |
| Date: | 07 28 1929 |
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| Description: | Indian pow wow at Bear Trap Falls near Keshena. |
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| Description: | View of a Ho-Chunk log grave house in a wooded area. |
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| Description: | Group of Ho-Chunk men, women, and children in a circle, and in smaller groups outside the circle. They are several summer lodges. Probably a meal. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A stone obelisk marks the grave of Jonas Tower in a country cemetery. A smaller obelisk stands to the left, and other grave markers can be seen in the bac... |
| Date: | 09 1967 |
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| Description: | View over cornfield of a cemetery on the side of a hill surrounded by a fence. On the hill behind the cemetery are more cornfields. |
| Date: | 07 21 1963 |
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| Description: | View of a small cemetery in the countryside with a tree in the center. The cemetery is enclosed by a thin metal fence with gate. There is a hill in the bac... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A country cemetery with a row of pine trees in the foreground. In the far distance is a farm. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two Ojibwa men standing outdoors on a blanket while shaking hands. The man on the left is dressed in a suit and wearing a hat while holding a blind walking... |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | The Wisnefskes show off some of their hunting trophies. The family moved here from West Bend 18 years ago. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the image of a bell. Inside is a scene of a lake with a cottage on the shore. There is a boat on the lake and a church on the opposite sh... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings. |
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