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Park Hotel

Date: 1871
Description: Exterior view of the Park Hotel. Among its fine features are black walnut trim, Brussels carpet, marble-topped furniture, and spring beds. The hotel was on...
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Mediterranean-Style Building

Date: 11 11 1973
Description: Exterior view of a Mediterranean-style building at 204 North Pinckney Street.
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East Main Street Looking West

Date: 1913
Description: View down Main Street, with a railroad crossing at the far end of the street. On the left is a shoe repair store, lumber business, and a lunch room with a ...
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Business District

Date: 1911
Description: View down street towards the a central business district. There is a T intersection at the end of the main street. Storefronts with awnings line both sides...
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Main Street

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view down sidewalk in a central business district. In the foreground on the left horses and wagons are hitched up at the curb. A smal...
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Facade of Co Leigh Co Salon

Date: 03 05 2012
Description: View from sidewalk of the facade of the building that houses Co Leigh Co Salon at 120 East Mifflin Street. This is the former site of Piper's Garden Cafete...
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Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane and grounds. In 1935 it became the Mendota State Hospital. It was built in 1860 by architect Stephen Vaughn S...
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King Street Arcade Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across King Street towards the Arcade building. The right side of the Majestic theater building is on the far left, and then the storefronts are, from...
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C.E. Buell Building, Rear View

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Fairchild Street towards the back side of the C.E. Buell Building. The building is three stories high and contains apartments, with a fir...
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Fess Hotel and Signage

Date: 1958
Description: Exterior view from the top of King Street towards the Fess Hotel, with cars parked along the curb. There are three hotel signs: a large sign on the roof, a...
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Fess Hotel

Date: 1958
Description: View from King Street towards the right side of the Fess Hotel. Automobiles are parked along the curb.
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Fess Hotel Main Entrance and Facade

Date: 1958
Description: Exterior view of the upper stories and the roof edge above the entrance to the Fess Hotel. There is a partial view of the sign above the entrance, and a wi...
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Sandblasting Facade of Fess Hotel

Date: 11 18 1974
Description: View from sidewalk of a man standing on a ladder and sandblasting the facade on the right side of the Fess Hotel.

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