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Boats and Pollution

Date: 1955
Description: Lower Dells boats and docks covered with pollution from the paper mills up north.
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Nestle Food Condensery

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior of the Nestle Food Condensery plant.
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Dry Milk Plant in Columbus

Date: 1926
Description: Dry milk plant with a very tall smokestack. Some trucks are parked on the left.
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Storage Building

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of a storage building with warped metal siding.
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Lodi Canning Company

Date: 1925
Description: View down hill of the exterior of the Lodi Canning Company. The building features two stories and a large chimney.
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Wyocena Farmers' Cooperative

Date: 09 04 1960
Description: The Wyocena Farmers' Cooperative, a feed mill with railroad tracks along the side of the building.
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Service Station with Vending Machine

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: A service station decorated with a flowers in a window box. On the left is a Pepsi-Cola vending machine.
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Farmers' Cooperative

Date: 09 04 1960
Description: Quonset hut-style Wyocena Farmer's Cooperative.
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Wagon and Wheels

Date: 06 19 1962
Description: Old fire fighting equipment outdoors at the "Pioneer Village," a tourist attraction.
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Fox House

Date: 1925
Description: The brick, Italianate style Fox House hotel in Columbus. There are brackets under the overhang and a large belvidere. A sign on the building advertises Coc...
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Study, Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: The study at Walmar Lodge. There is a piano against the far wall, chairs by the windows, and a fireplace on the opposite wall.
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Uncle Al's Stand on Lucky 13

Date: 1928
Description: Roadside kiosk that provides information and sells candy, soda, gasoline and tickets for Dells attractions. A man is sitting on the porch, and pennants han...
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Stand at Glenco Resort

Date: 1926
Description: A restaurant with open-air patio seating at the Glenco Resort.
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Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: View from below of Walmar Lodge. A hammock is in the foreground.
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Sunset Cottage Wilmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: Guest cottage at Walmar Lodge. There are chairs on the screened-in porch.
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Annex at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: Annex with guest rooms, with screened porch and a screened balcony.
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Uncle Al Fills 'Em Up

Date: 1928
Description: Man pumps gas into an automobile at the Consolidated Boat Co. There is advertising for Coca-Cola, Baby Ruth, and Occident Flour on the side of the small fr...
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Wilson's Tavern

Date: 1923
Description: Wilson's Tavern, north of the point where the road from Black Hawk enters Trunk Highway 60. Built by John Wilson on Wilson Creek.
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Low Tavern

Date: 1924
Description: View of the Low Tavern from the yard. There are two small porches on the left and right side of the building, and two chimneys.
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Large Tree near Factories

Date: 09 01 1962
Description: Exterior view of the factories at the corner of Thompson and Hullett Streets. A large tree grows at the curb.

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