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Village Across Pond

Date: 1875
Description: A view of the village from a nearby bluff across a pond. Men, women and children, standing spaced apart, are posing in the field near the pond.
Photograph

Jane Lloyd Jones

Date: 1898
Description: Jane Lloyd Jones (also known as Aunt Jen), co-owner of the Hillside Home School, an early progressive school in Wisconsin.
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Shot Tower

Date: 07 1836
Description: Sketch of the Shot Tower.
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Moscow Library Association

Date: 1875
Description: Group portrait of the Moscow Laseselskab (the Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.
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Old Home Building

Date: 1892
Description: Exterior of Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Snow-Covered Skating Pond

Date: 1895
Description: Winter scene of the skating pond at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Van Norman Family

Date: 1875
Description: The Van Norman family seated outdoors in front of, and standing behind a fence with their frame L-shaped house behind.
Photograph

Moscow Laseselskab Fremad

Date: 10 09 1875
Description: Portrait of Moscow Laseselskab Fremad (Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.
Photograph

Town of Moscow From Cornfield

Date: 1875
Description: View, through a cornfield, of people, a store, a sawmill and wagons. Moscow was platted in 1850 by an Englishman, Chauncy Smith, who dammed the Bluemound ...
Drawing

Shot Tower

Date: 1831
Description: Pencil drawing of the Shot Tower.
Photograph

Rundell Residence

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of the home of Samuel Rundell, with a large group of people assembled on the lawn in front of the house.
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Fountain Street

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Fountain Street looking west.
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Odd Fellows Hall

Date: 1838
Description: The Odd Fellows Hall, built in 1837-1838, was the first to be built west of the Allegheny Mountains. The cornerstones were laid by Thomas Widley.
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Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1870
Description: View over rooftops towards the primitive Methodist Church, which is surrounded by homes.
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Spensley Smelting Furnace

Date: 1895
Description: Joseph Spensley's smelting furnace, built in 1861.
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S.C. Thomas House

Date: 1898
Description: The home of S.C. Thomas.
Print

Hillside Calendar April

Date: 1895
Description: Page showing the month of April from the Hillside Home School calendar. Included are two small cyanotype photographs, one of a house and the other of a fie...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
Drawing

Rattlesnake Bluff at Arena

Date: 08 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Rattlesnake Bluff and the town of Arena from a distance across a plain. A row of buildings runs along the foot of the gently rolling hill...
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High School

Date: 1882
Description: Teachers and students pose in front of the public school.

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