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871 WIS 73

Community: Albion
County: Dane
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 220972
Property Record

871 WIS 73

Community: Albion
County: Dane
Historic Name: Benjamin and Jane Bussey House
Reference Number: 220759
Historical Essay

Albion [origin of place name]

Term: Albion [origin of place name] in the Dictionary of Wisconsin History
Property Record

603 CRAIG RD

Community: Albion
County: Dane
Historic Name: Clarke House
Reference Number: 220757
Property Record

1112 WIS 73

Community: Albion
County: Dane
Historic Name: Lemuel O. Humphrey, Russell Vickers
Reference Number: 220756
Photograph

Hazel Marsden

Date: 1932
Description: Hazel Marsden, a 12-year old student at Prairie School, holds gladiolus flowers from her garden. There is a tobacco plant growing among the flowers.
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Prairie School

Date: 1932
Description: Students pose in front of a small outbuilding near the Prairie School. The school has a stucco exterior and a basement. There is a bell tower on the roof.
Property Record

1419 STATE HIGHWAY 73

Community: Albion
County: Dane
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 4510
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Clifford Vickers Home

Date: 1932
Description: A two-story brick house, identified as the home of Prairie School pupil Marian Hintz, stands on a well tended lawn. There is a large front bay and curved p...
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Spring Creek School

Date: 
Description: View across lawn towards a small wooden school house in a field. The school is the Spring Creek School to the south of Black River Falls.
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Clifford Vickers Home

Date: 1932
Description: Sunlight from the front bay window illuminates the parlor of the Vickers house, identified as the home of Marian Hintz, a pupil at the Prairie School. A co...
Photograph

Canoe Instruction

Date: 1935
Description: View across water towards Girl Scouts in five canoes setting out from shore on Rice Lake at Camp Hickory Hill. There is a temporary shade structure and woo...
Property Record

W983 STATE HIGHWAY 73

Community: Albion
County: Dane
Historic Name: Clarke Farmstead - farmhouse
Reference Number: 220758
Photograph

Students at Prairie School

Date: 1932
Description: Students holding books and magazines pose seated in chairs in the Prairie School. Model airplanes hang near the portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Was...
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North Hall

Date: 1932
Description: North Hall, also known as Chapel Hall, on the campus of Albion Academy. The three-story structure is of brick and has a large cupola. A car is parked along...
Photograph

Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Harold Calder, wearing bib overalls and a cap, poses with his calf, which won second place at the Cambridge Festival in 1931. There are chickens, a small c...
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Albion Town Hall

Date: 1932
Description: View across street of car parked in front of a modest neoclassical style building with an arched window over its double front door. It is shaded by a large...
Photograph

Robert Hippe

Date: 1932
Description: Robert Hippe, 12, in cap and bib overalls, poses in front of the Prairie School. His bicycle rests against the porch of the school. A note on the reverse o...
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Harriet Sundbakken

Date: 1932
Description: Harriet Sundbakken, 13, a student at Prairie School, poses near some flowering bushes. The school building is in the background. A note on the reverse of t...
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Harvey Lein

Date: 1932
Description: Harvey Lein, 13, poses with a flock of chickens near a barn. He is wearing a cap and bib overalls and is carrying a bucket. There are bushes blooming in ...

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