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Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Shake Rag Street, showing Cornish miner's homes. The street was formerly called Hoard Street in honor of Capt. R.C. Hoard who was stationed at Fort Defianc...
Photograph

Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Shake Rag Street, showing Cornish miner's homes. The street was formerly called Hoard Street in honor of R.C. Hoard who was stationed at Fort Defiance duri...
Photograph

Fountain Street Cottage

Date: 1940
Description: A cottage on the corner of Fountain Street and Chestnut Street.
Postcard

High Street

Date: 1915
Description: View down street, with storefronts on both sides. Caption reads: "High Street looking west from Dellars Corner, Mineral Point, Wis."
Photograph

High Street Looking East

Date: 1929
Description: View down High Street looking east. There are many automobiles parked along the curb, and shops line the street. At the end of the street down the hill is ...
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High Street Business

Date: 1910
Description: The businesses on High Street, with automobiles parked along the curb. Caption reads: "High Street Looking West Mineral Point, Wis."
Photograph

Fountain Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Fountain Street looking west.
Photograph

Shake Rag Street

Date: 1934
Description: Cornish miner's house #1 on Shake Rag Street.
Photograph

High Street, Mineral Point

Date: 1915
Description: View down High Street, looking east.
Photograph

Mineral Point Business Street

Date: 1962
Description: Slightly elevated view of a street in Mineral Point, looking north.
Print

Mineral Point History Book Cover

Date: 1962
Description: A book cover for "Mineral Point: A History" by George Fiedler. The cover illustration is a Max Fernekes print of Shake Rag Street, a popular street for Cor...
Photograph

Shake Rag Street

Date: 1930
Description: A Cornish miner's home on Shake Rag Street.
Photograph

Shakerag Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across open area and fence towards the Cornish homes on Shakerag Street in Mineral Point.
Photograph

High Street

Date: 1960
Description: View of businesses on High Street, including the Rexall Drugstore on the left corner. One can also see a glimpse of the City Hall, directly across the stre...
Photograph

Pendarvis and Trelawny

Date: 1945
Description: Pendarvis and Trelawny, Cornish miners' houses on Shake Rag Street.
Drawing

Drawing of Cornish Home

Date: 1960
Description: A Cornish house on Shake Rag Street.
Photograph

Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, located near the intersection of High Street and North Iowa Street.
Photograph

High Street

Date: 1895
Description: View from sidewalk across unpaved High Street in Mineral Point. There is a large clock hanging above the sidewalk on the right.
Photograph

Mineral Spring Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Mineral Spring Brewery, located on 272 Shake Rag Street, erected in 1850 (currently 276 Shake Rag Street). A group of four men are posing outdoors on the r...
Drawing

Pendarvis House

Date: 1935
Description: Cornish Pendarvis house on Shake Rag Street.

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