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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Railway depot and railyard. Caption reads: "Depot and Yards Fitchburg, Wis." |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Business section of Fitchburg. Building and trees to the right with men and cars out front. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View over sidewalk of a street railroad car passing the old Northwestern Railroad Station on the 400 block of West Lakeside Street. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol, looking northeast. The Park Hotel on the corner of W. Main Street and S. Carroll Street, is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Grant County Court House. Caption reads: "Court House, Lancaster, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view down the railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line. The depot is in the distance on the far left. |
| Date: | 11 11 1925 |
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| Description: | This red brick Italianate residence located at 216 Langdon Street, was built in 1870 for Lucien Stanley Hanks, a prominent Madison banker and civic leader,... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Woods' Manor on shores of Madeline Island. The manor was built in 1900 for summer resident Colonel Frederick Woods from Nebraska. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A large building, possibly a mill, next to a river. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Pheasant Branch Hotel or Stamm House. Men are sitting on the porch near the front door. A sign above the door reads, in part: "J. Yo..... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of cars parked outside of several downtown businesses. Pictured from the left are a bank, Liese Drugstore, the Wright Bakery, two unidentified awnings... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the stately Avalon Hotel. A drugstore occupied some of the space on the first floor. Caption reads: "Avalon Hotel, Waukesha, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the United States Sugar Company factory next to railroad tracks on Atwood Avenue. The building was occupied in 1980 by Garver Feed & Suppl... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Originally titled 'Recent Aeroplane View of University Campus', the view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Red Gym, Science Hall and Bascom Hall wit... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View of Agricultural Hall and Henry Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Van Hise Rock by Ableman's Narrows (Rock Springs), with dedication plaque. Rock Springs was called Ableman until 1947. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Men's dormitory at Albion Academy. Caption reads: "Albion". |
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