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Lueders Cottage, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: View of the Lueders cottage, home of the Hamburg-born botanist Frederick Lueders, just before it was torn down to make way for the home of August Derleth.
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August Derleth at His Desk

Date: 1942
Description: Author August Derleth surrounded by books at his desk.
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Pete's Cafe

Date: 1940
Description: Pete Sprecher's Cafe and Bar on Water Street. A sign identifies the entrance to Pearl's Garden Dining Room. There are two benches and a penny weight machi...
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"Place of Hawks"

Date: 1940
Description: An exterior view of August Derleth's home, "Place of Hawks," seen from the garden and partially obscured by trees. The house was built in 1940.
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"Place of Hawks"

Date: 1940
Description: The entrance to "Place of Hawks," the home of author August Derleth, built in 1940. The stone house is roofed with a kind of thatch.
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August Derleth

Date: 1941
Description: Sauk City author August Derleth sitting in a wing back chair near a fireplace in his home, "The Place of Hawks."
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Cornerstone Ceremony

Date: 10 01 1939
Description: A group poses at the laying of the cornerstone for August Derleth's new house, the Place of Hawks. Attendees include, back row, left to right, E.B. Trimpey...

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