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Aztalan Indian Mounds

Date: 1890
Description: At the Aztalan Indian Mounds a group of people are standing on a hillside in the background. In the foreground are corn shocks.
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Tourists Among Burial Mounds

Date: 1910
Description: A sightseeing party wanders among cows and Native American burial mounds near the popular picnic area at Merrill Springs, on the south shore of Lake Mendot...
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Cornfield in Early Snow

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: A corner of a cornfield in an early snow.
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Blue Mounds Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View down a rocky rural lane near West Blue Mounds. Zigzag stake and rider split-rail fencing enclose a farmstead, which includes a barn, a frame house, ha...
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Bird's-Eye View of Blue Mounds

Date: 1930
Description: Bird's-eye view town. There are barns, homes, a church's steeple and a lumberyard.
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Abandoned Threshing Machine

Date: 07 31 1960
Description: An abandoned threshing machine rests in a rural field.
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Tall Grass

Date: 10 1966
Description: Tall grass grows at the roadside edge of a flat field.
Postcard

Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Colorized postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A man sits on a wagon chassis. He is wearing an ethnic costume. Various buildings are visible surrounded by...
Postcard

Scene at Little Norway

Date: 07 20 1950
Description: Photographic postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A log building stands to the left and the chassis of a wagon to the right. Text below reads: "Scene at L...
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Stacks of Shredded Corn Stalks

Date: 1993
Description: Six large mounds of rolled up corn stalks are in a row on a field lightly covered in snow.
Map or Atlas

An Historical Map of Sheboygan County : As It Appeared Under Aboriginal Possession

Date: 1925
Description: This map shows trails, mounds, villages, corn fields, and contemporary civil townships; some villages and features include both Indian and English place na...
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Road into the Woods West of Blue Mounds

Date: 04 28 2015
Description: View down a gravel path leading into a forest. The trees are bare of leaves, but the grass is green. A wood marker is at the intersection of a dirt path on...
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Farm Road between Fields

Date: 12 01 1962
Description: A farm road between fields in late sunlight, looking towards Mounds Creek in the vicinity of CTH F.
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Wooded Valley

Date: 1962
Description: Elevated view over wooded farmland valley. In the far distance on top of the hill are farm buildings.
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Men at the Brigham Farm

Date: 04 21 1911
Description: Group of men and a young boy breaking hemp at the Brigham farm.
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Dynamite Explosion

Date: 1955
Description: View across field of a dynamite explosion occurring between several mounds of dirt. A digger stands next to the dirt mound on the right.
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Oat Field

Date: 07 1967
Description: A country road and electrical lines run through a field of oats. On the left is a road, and a farmhouse is in the background on a hill.
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Two Men in a Field with Cows

Date: 
Description: Two men stand in a field with a dog, several cows, and a man in a horse-drawn buggy. In the far distance is Blue Mounds.
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Hilltop Cheese Factory

Date: 05 30 1964
Description: Landscape view from field of a rolling countryside. A small cheese factory resides on a slope, with a tree, a windmill, two cars and a tractor near an outb...
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Machines Digging up the Ground

Date: 1955
Description: Slightly elevated view of a truck, crane and other digging equipment being used to dig up ground near a field. Several mounds of dirt are behind the machin...

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