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Grant County Asylum

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Description: View across lawn towards the Grant County Asylum.
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Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1867
Description: The Grant County Soldier's Monument was erected in 1866 and dedicated in July of 1867.
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Prize Winning Ears

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Description: Close-up of ten prize winning ears of corn on display at the Grant County Fair.
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Grant County School Contest Winners

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Group of children pose in doorway of brick building.
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Grant County Spelling, Adding, and Writing Contest

Date: 05 06 1910
Description: Large group of children and adults pose outdoors at the second annual contest.
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Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1885
Description: Caption reads: "First Soldier's Monuments Erected in the US — Lancaster Wis". There is a cannon and cannon balls on the lawn to the left of the monuments.
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Grant County Fifth Annual Contest

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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First Annual Grant County Spelling, Adding, and Writing Contest

Date: 05 07 1909
Description: Large group of school children and adults posed outside. Some of the students are holding banners.
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Grant County Fourth Annual Contest Winners

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Grant County Arithmetic, Spelling, and Writing Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Large group of children and adults posed on the lawn outside a large brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Fourth Annual Grant County Contest

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults pose on the lawn in front of brick building. Other people look out of open windows.
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Portrait of Thomas Greene

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Description: Portrait of Thomas Greene, seated outdoors in a chair, holding a cane. There is a fence and trees in the background.
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Boys Corn Club Contest

Date: 05 1911
Description: Jeffie Duncan, winner of first prize in corn contest, and calf, Lawn Mower, stand before tent exhibiting the Boys Corn Club Contest.
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Grant County Contest

Date: 1914
Description: Large group of unidentified children and adults pose outside a large brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Grant County School Contest Winners

Date: 05 01 1914
Description: Unidentified children wearing ribbons on the lapels or collars pose on the lawn outside a brick building. Some of the children wear banners that say "Spell...
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Lower Valley Farms in Castle Rock

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of two farms, with fields and barns in a valley. This image appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Lead Region, on a photo...
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Grant County Contest Winners

Date: 05 1911
Description: Contest winners pose in doorway of brick building. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapels or collars. Arithmatic winners, first row from left to...
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Grant County Contest Winners

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Description: Contest winners pose outside brick building in doorway. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapels or collars. First row, reading from left to righ...
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Grant County Contest Winners

Date: 1915
Description: Unidentified group of spelling and arithmetic contest winners posing on a lawn outside of a brick building. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapel...
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District #9 Clifton Schoolhouse

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Description: View from dirt road of a clapboard one-room schoolhouse with porch. There is an outhouse behind it near a field. The school was closed as children were giv...

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