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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
Description: Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back...
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Artesian Well in Prairie du Chien

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Artesian Well, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since renamed Wacouta). It was dubbed by some...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1908
Description: Three boys posing in front of Hillside Home School. The Hillside Home School was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 for his aunts, Jane and Ellen Lloyd...
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Pioneers of Buffalo County Memorial Marker

Date: 09 10 1922
Description: Pioneers of Buffalo County memorial marker. Taken during the dedication ceremonies with a young girl standing next to an American flag.
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Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
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Ashland County Jail

Date: 1890
Description: Text on front reads: "Ashland County Jail, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." A young boy standing on the steps near the open door of the a...
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Prentice Park, Mammoth Spring

Date: 1930
Description: Six girls sit on a stone wall beside Mammoth Spring in Prentice Park.
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Great Divide, or Watershed Marker Unveiling Ceremony

Date: 08 14 1932
Description: Front row: W.E. Dillon, County Highway Commissioner of Ashland; Andrew Good of Gordon Lake at Glidden; Patsy Winter of Ashland and Leo Jerome Driscoll, unv...
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Aztalan State Park

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Description: Little girl under the "Aztalan Mound Park" sign, in a field. Another person stands in the background on one of the mounds.
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Great Divide, or Watershed Marker Unveiling Ceremony

Date: 08 14 1932
Description: Watershed sign unveiled with ceremony participants. The marker is 39 miles south of Ashland adjacent to Highway 13, 2 miles north of Gordon Lake.
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Baraboo High School

Date: 1870
Description: View of Baraboo high school with a large group of students standing around it.
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Park House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Park House Hotel (called the Commercial House before 1888), which burned down in 1892. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle on the l...
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T.S. Johnson Home

Date: 1900
Description: View across yard towards the Johnson family sitting on steps of their house at 110 Grove Street. A horse and buggy is parked in the front yard. Mrs. Johnso...
Drawing

High School

Date: 1869
Description: View of the Berlin High School, with children playing and people walking in the foreground.
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Berlin High School

Date: 1870
Description: View of the Berlin High School, with children playing and people walking in the foreground.
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D.F. Brown House in Bloomington

Date: 1890
Description: D.F. Brown house during the spring or summer, with two elm trees, three children and a woman. A picket fence runs along the sidewalk in the front of the ho...
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The "Rock School" Building

Date: 1900
Description: The "Rock School" building, with children and teachers posed outside.
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Exterior of School

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view from street of entrance to the school. Children are walking and sitting on the front lawn and sidewalk.
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Main Street in Cochrane

Date: 1910
Description: Main Street looking north. "Hotel and Saloon" are on the right side, along with other buildings down the right and left side. Main Street is a dirt road. T...
Postcard

Coloma School Building

Date: 1910
Description: Children are standing near the entrance to the brick school building. Caption reads: "Coloma Schook, Coloma, Wis."

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