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Visitors to the Iron Ridge Mine

Date: 1900
Description: Visitors, dressed in their Sunday best, contrast with the rough garb of the miners. Left to right, miners were: Charles Kanass, Robert "Beaver" Smith (hold...
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Miners and Mules at Iron Mine

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Description: Miners and a mule work outside an iron mine near Mayville.
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Mail Delivery at the Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A woman and her dog meet the mail carrier in his delivery boat at the end of a pier on the west shore of Fox Lake.
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T.S. Johnson Home

Date: 1900
Description: View across yard towards the Johnson family sitting on steps of their house at 110 Grove Street. A horse and buggy is parked in the front yard. Mrs. Johnso...
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E.W. "Gramps" Brandel

Date: 1923
Description: E.W. Brandel, standing in a road. Known as Gramps by Mary Brandel, he is posing holding a bag, a bundle of sticks on his back, and a long stick over his sh...
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Couple with Horse-drawn Carriage

Date: 1924
Description: A young man and woman (probably Mary Brandel) pose on a parked horse-drawn carriage next to a drive. A man (face obscured) is standing behind the horse on ...
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Four Men in Car

Date: 1925
Description: Four young men pose together in a car. They are parked on a drive near small outbuildings.
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Workers in Warehouse

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Description: Two workers stock the warehouse at the Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 17 A corner of the warehouse where immense stocks a...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Weighing Cheese Curds

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Description: The finished cheese curds are weighed and poured into forms to make a 40 pound block of cheese.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Packaging Room

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Description: CEO Joe Widmer stands in the newly added area used for cheese packaging.
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Keup Barn

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Description: Greg and Kathy Keup live at W992 Hocheim Road. In 2000 they discontinued farming. They both have "Harley" motorcycles and plan a trip to Sturgis, South Dak...
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Gross Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Jenece and Richard Gross live at W1560 Hwy 28/67. They have lived here for 10 years.
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Paul or Schoebel Barns — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: These barn buildings are owned by Ken Schoebel, who lives up the West Bend Road.
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Lichtenberg Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Roy and Sandy Lichtenberg have lived in a house across Hwy 28-67 for 39 years.
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Haddy Barn and Sprint Car

Date: 2004
Description: The Haddys are famous in local dirt track racing. Their son, Tim, kneels in front of a sprint car.
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Adams Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: The Adams family lives at W584 Hwy 28. Their home overlooks the Theresa Marsh. Jeff and Maureen are pictured with their children, (l to r) Joshua, Michael,...
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Buckhorn Food and Spirits — Exterior

Date: 08 15 1997
Description: "The Buckhorn Restaurant is located several miles southeast of Fox Lake on Cty. Tr. A." From left to right; John Bodden, Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Rudy...
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Eilbes Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: This barn is at W487 Zion Church Rd (Section 26). Allen and Mary Beth Eilbes and sons Michael, Andrew and Mathew (by age) live here.
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Wollner Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Mike and Cindy Wollner live at N9124 Hwy AY. They have lived on this high hill for 9 years and appropriately named it "Gusty Winds Farm."
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Mosey on Inn — Exterior

Date: 04 03 1998
Description: "Our group visits Hustisford, WI and we dine at the Lake St. Hotel. Later we learn that the name was changed, about two months ago, and it is now called Mo...

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