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St. Anthony Abbot Church

Date: 1950
Description: View from street of the brick church building. Printed on back: "St. Anthony Abbot Church, Cumberland, Wisconsin, Located South Edge of Town, Masses 7:30 A...
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Greetings From Cumberland, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Island City surrounded by the waters of Beaver Dam Lake, and by a vacation and recreation area that includes some fifty lakes within a r...
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St. Mary's Church

Date: 1950
Description: View from street of St. Mary's Catholic Church, located three blocks north of the business district.
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Cumberland, Wisconsin, "The Island City"

Date: 1955
Description: View down street of commercial buildings. Text on back reads: "A friendly city of prosperous, industrious people in a farming and vacationers' paradise. 'T...
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The Cumberland Hotel

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of The Cumberland Hotel. The hotel opened in March of 1891 and was demolished in 1965.
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First Lutheran Church

Date: 1963
Description: First Lutheran Church, Elm and 8th Avenue. Text on back reads: "Congregation organized 1882. Church was dedicated April 21st, 1963. Affiliated with the Ame...
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Man Sharpening Blade in Timothy Hay Field

Date: 07 16 1895
Description: Man sharpening a scythe blade in a field of timothy hay. Another man stands near him in the field, and in the far background a man sits in a buggy with a t...
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Hotel Cumberland, Cumberland, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: View from street of the ornate three-story Hotel Cumberland. Caption reads: "Hotel Cumberland, Cumberland, Wis."
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Cheese Making

Date: 1967
Description: A man is filling hoops with cheese curd and another man is placing the cloths in the hoops at the Stella Cheese Factory.
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Methodist Church, Cumberland, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Oval-framed view from unpaved street towards the Methodist Church, shown in an oval frame in the center of a white postcard. There are two houses in the ba...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. It was in part due to his vigorous speaking style that La Follette...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his arms spread wide, speaking from the back of a wagon. It was in part due to his vigorous speaking style that La Follett...
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Greetings from Cumberland, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic collage postcard of scenes of Cumberland. The lettering in the center reads: "Greetings from Cumberland, Wis." Individual scenes are: High Sch...
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Collecting Fish Spawn

Date: 04 24 1932
Description: The caption on the reverse of the print reads, "Edward Zitman, Birchwood, and Peter Olson, Madison, obtaining golden wall-eyed pike spawn from Beaver Dam L...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. He is wearing a hat and a suit without the coat. It was in part du...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. He is wearing a hat and a suit without the coat. It was in part du...
Property Record

710 22 1/2 AVE

Community: Cumberland
County: Barron
Historic Name: Cumberland Town Hall
Reference Number: 122018
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd from back of a wagon. This image is one of a series of views of his appearance at a fair in Cumberland, Wi...
Property Record

2276 10th St

Community: Cumberland
County: Barron
Historic Name: Section Ten School
Reference Number: 221914
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Downtown Cumberland and Beaver Dam Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Cumberland with Beaver Dam Lake in the background. In the foreground is a street, and across the street is a church, a water tower and dwe...

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