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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
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Droster Farm

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the Droster farm located on Felland Road. The house was built in 1854.
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Elevated City View

Date: 11 1993
Description: "View from the steeple looking south."
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Gary Giese Farm

Date: 2004
Description: Gary Giese's farm milks 30 cows that produce about 1,000 lbs. of milk per day.
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Lewis Arms with a Guitar

Date: 1956
Description: Lewis Arms sits on the trunk of a 1949 convertible (DeSoto?) automobile, strumming a guitar.
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Weiss House

Date: 1937
Description: Weiss farm, residence of John Weiss, in the township of Saukville, Ozaukee County, one half mile from County Trunk Hwy Y near Washington County line. Side ...
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Nellie Arms and Her Cat

Date: 10 24 1954
Description: Nellie Arms, aunt of Lewis Arms, holds a cat outdoors at the farm she shared with her husband Bernard.
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Bernard and Nellie Arms

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Description: Bernard Arms poses with his wife Nellie. There is an automobile (possibly a Chevrolet) in the background.
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Hahn Farm

Date: 04 1994
Description: "This photo was taken from the silo on the Craig and Judy Hahn Farm."
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Aerial View of Arlington

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of residential homes, farmland and streets.
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Gravel Road with Farmhouses

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Description: A car is parked on a gravel road that stretches to the horizon. Farmhouses, barns, and fields are on both sides of the road. Telephone poles, trees, and a ...
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View of Kekoskee

Date: 04 1987
Description: A 500 mm telephoto lens compressed Cty Trunk Y as it meanders from Kekoskee in the foremground north towards Leroy. A funeral cortage passes in the foregro...
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Race Car

Date: 10 02 1912
Description: Race car #26, possibly driven by Spencer Wishart, driving down a country road during the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Two houses are on the right behind fences and...
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Lewis Arms in a Hudson Convertible

Date: 08 21 1952
Description: Lewis Arms is seated in a 1949 yellow Hudson convertible at Bernard Arms's farm. A man is standing in the background near another automobile parked near th...
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Lewis, Nellie and Bernard Arms

Date: 08 21 1952
Description: From left to right are Lewis, Nellie and Bernard Arms posing behind a convertible on Old Lake Road, with Bernard and Nellie's house in the background.
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Rundown Farm Buildings

Date: 10 1930
Description: View across a road and field of several rundown farm buildings located near a farmhouse. The image was used to illustre: "poor farm buildings."
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1920
Description: View from low hill of a stream flowing through fields. There are cows in the pasture on the right. In the distance is a bridge, road, and buildings.
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Pioneer Days

Date: 09 1996
Description: "When Pioneer Days was celebrated, visitors were given the chance to view the community from a helicopter."
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Rephotographic Pair: 4718 Odana Road

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of 4718 Odana Road, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the Piper Brothers Farm. The modern view shows a house wit...
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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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