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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The octagon house. Text on back reads: Whitewater's octagon house is a frame one which dates back to 1855. The porch was added only a generation ago, the k... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down road towards the Whitewater Public Library. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Old farm home and present custodian's quarters at Kettle Moraine State Forest. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Robert A. Taft outdoors shaking hands in a crowd after giving a speech in the Municipal Building during his campaign. He was ultimately unsuccessful in his... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Pathways lead through trees on a lawn to the neo-classical styled White Memorial Library, funded by Mary Flavia White. In front of the library is Birge Fou... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of the facade of White Memorial Library and the Birge Fountain. Construction of the neo-classical style library was funded by Mary Flavia White. The... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from street toward the facade and right side of the neoclassical structure. Four columns support the two-story porch. A semi-circular opening is in th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of "Old Main" at the State Normal School, founded in 1868. The view from an adjacent road features the brick building's two towers with additional... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view of the facade and right side of a Masonic temple. Four columns support the two-story porch on the neoclassical building and a semi-circular opening ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view of the facade of an Episcopal church, partially obscured by trees. A house stands to the building's right. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of the facade and side of City Hall. The main entrance is part of the bell tower. Men are sitting on the bench outside to the right. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of businesses lining Main Street. Signs on the buildings to the left advertise "Dentist," "School Books," and "Normal School Supplies. Drugs and Ice... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across creek toward the back of the industrial plant. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the back of an industrial plant. A smokestack is behind a building on the left. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of the Neoclassical-style Birge Fountain. Mythical figures decorate the foot of the structure and a woman pouring water from a basket tops the fountai... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View of the White Memorial library facade, with striped shades on the windows. A neoclassical style is visible in the columns flanking the door, the pedime... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A view of a cabin on the grounds of the State Normal School. A pile of logs sits to the left. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Three views of the Fricker House on Case Street, Whitewater's first modern house, the first of its kind in Whitewater. It was finished in the winter of 193... |
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