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Hiram H. Herrick

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Hiram H. Herrick of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War. He enlisted from Middleton, Wisconsin, and was the father ...
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Pheasant Branch Hotel or Stamm House

Date: 1925
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.....
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Club Chanticleer Bar

Date: 02 27 1935
Description: Interior of barroom at the Club Chanticleer, with two bartenders mixing drinks behind the bar, and four male patrons sitting at a table.
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Erosion in Middleton

Date: 04 1937
Description: From back of print: "Dane County, Town of Middleton, north 1/2 section of section 17 looking SW from a hill across the valley showing erosion and stump pas...
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Charles E. Brown prepares to Excavate the Heim Effigy Mound

Date: 1938
Description: A field party lead by Charles E. Brown prepare to excavate the Heim effigy mound. The effigy, shaped like a fox or wolf, has been outlined by stakes. The m...
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Printing Office on Parmenter Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the printing office on Parmenter Street, north of Elmwood Avenue. The Proprietor of the printing office was Tom Everel at the time of the ...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of the Post Office. Two people are standing at the entrance on the left. Caption reads: "Post Office, Middleton, Wis."
Poster

Tomahawk Ridge Ski Jumping Championships

Date: 01 1971
Description: Poster for the Tomahawk Ridge Ski Jumping Championships, held Sunday, January 24, 1971. An official Central U.S. Ski Association Meet, sponsored by the Bl...
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After the Middleton Fire of 1900

Date: 06 19 1900
Description: People stand amidst the ruins of Middleton after a fire, which burned 19 buildings. Debris litters the ground and foundations of buildings are exposed. The...
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Dirt Street in Middleton

Date: 1915
Description: A view down a dirt street in the business district.
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Herb & Katherine Jacobs

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Description: Journalist Herb Jacobs and his wife Katherine standing in the window of Jacobs II, the second home that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for them.
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Wedding Party, Middleton, Wisconsin

Date: 06 20 1987
Description: Wedding party of William Olson and Rebecca Butcher at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Middleton, Wisconsin on June 20, 1987. Jill Howman, wearing the dark blue...
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Bride and Maid of Honor

Date: 06 20 1987
Description: Close-up portrait of Rebecca (Butcher) Olson on her wedding day with her maid-of-honor Jill Howman. Rebecca married William Olson on June 20, 1987 at the ...
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Jacob Learn

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Description: Waist-up ferrotype/tintype portrait of Jacob Learn, a Private in the Wisconsin 29th infantry, Company K. He enlisted in August 1862 and died on August 19th...
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Fox Bluff Cottage

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Description: The Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff on the shore of Lake Mendota. There is a fence around the property, and a boat is pulled up on the shoreline.
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Fox Bluff Cottage

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Description: View up sloping lawn towards the Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff with a fence in the background. The cottage has a screen porch along one side and a rou...
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Middleton Movie Theater

Date: 1977
Description: View across street towards the Middleton movie theater, a Quonset hut-style building on the east side of Parmenter Street between North and Franklin Street...
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Solomon Freeman

Date: 1885
Description: Portrait of Solomon Freeman wearing a suit and sitting in a chair. Solomon Freeman was a slave purchased by Abraham Bush as a boy. The Bush family moved to...

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