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Grant County Court House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Grant County Court House. Caption reads: "Court House, Lancaster, Wis."
Photograph

Grant County Jail

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of the Grant County Jailhouse.
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Monuments and Cannon in Grant County Park

Date: 1909
Description: "The First Civil War Monument" outside the Grant County Courthouse. The monument is dedicated "to the memory of the brave soldiers of Grant County who fell...
Map or Atlas

Enjoy the Good Life in Grant County

Date: 1975
Description: A tourist map of Grant County that displays the various activities and attractions found in the cities throughout the county, such as boat landings, fishin...
Photograph

Lily Richmond Sitting Outside

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond sang African American spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Richmond came to Grant County Wisconsin with her parents, fr...
Photograph

Lily Richmond and a Woman

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond (b.1862), right, with Ollie Greene Lewis.
Photograph

Prairie Near Montfort

Date: 06 30 1955
Description: From caption: "Prairie two miles north of Montfort Wis on the Iowa-Grant County line trunk highway I view to the east from the road. Photo by Robert Hall 1...
Photograph

Grant County School Contest Winners

Date: 05 02 1913
Description: Group of children pose in doorway of brick building.
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Going Over Farm Plan

Date: 09 1939
Description: Farm Security Administration county supervisor going over farm plan with a rehabilitation borrower as his family looks on.
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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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1909
Description: Unpaved main street in Lancaster. The shops along the street include: Smith's restaurant and bakery, Goble and Dyer Furniture, and the Grant County Abstrac...
Photograph

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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Pastoral

Date: 1964
Description: Farm scene along County Trunk Highway M. A horse is grazing in a harvested cornfield near a barn.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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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