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Filter: Creator Name of Cole, Harry Elsworth, 1861-1928
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| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A group of adults, including Harry E. Cole (center), stand behind a fence. A sign on the fence reads, "YOU CAN'T PLAY IN OUR BACK YARD." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Cleopatra's Needle with Devil's Lake in the background. There is a cottage on the far side of the lake. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A winter view of Chimney Rock at the Dells. There is snow on the ground and ice on the river. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of bark-clad cabin near Devil's Lake. The cabin has wooden steps leading up to the second floor and is surrounded by trees. The lake can be seen i... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | W.H. Canfield stands in front of a log cabin. There is a brick chimney on the right side of the building. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Five men in work clothes pose while riding Bactrian camels; three well-dressed men stand near a Dromedary. The group is on a dirt road with houses and util... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The view from Gibraltar Rock across farm fields and woods. There are corn shocks in several of the fields. A farm house and outbuildings stand near a pond... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A double exposure of a landscape featuring a very large tree and farm houses superimposed on an image of buildings and crowds at the Sauk County Fairground... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A family group of mother, father, two daughters and son sit on the ground in front of a house with a stone foundation. A tripod arrangement of a toy shove... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three women and a man posed on and around the porch of the Monroe House. Potted plants, a flower box, and vines grace the porch. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Daniel Reynolds, wearing a hat, suit coat, and vest with watch fob, sits in a bentwood chair in front of a large tree. There is a board sidewalk behind hi... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A copy of an old photograph of the W. McAuley Halfway House, an inn between Prairie du Chien and Viroqua. Mr. McAuley sits on a chair while a granddaughter... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View from gate of the "Ruggles Place" between Mineral Point and Arena. The house has two large chimneys; stone pillars support ironwork gates at the entran... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A view of the front of large house with an open front porch, a front yard with mature trees, and a field beyond. The house features six over six window sas... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A side view from road of large brick house with an open front porch, surrounded by trees. There is a a rear wing and attached garage or shed. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The old toll house. The house is surrounded by a sagging wire fence, and there are two pumps in the overgrown yard. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from yard of small cottage standing on the northwest shore of Lake Mendota on the site of Rowan, also known as the St. Cyr stopping place. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large, two-story wood building with nine over six windows identified as an inn; at the time of the photograph it served as the Butte des Morts Post Offic... |
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