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Kenosha, Wis.

Date: 12 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kenosha.
Photograph

Chicago Traveling Club: Trip Eight

Date: 1878
Description: Group of men outside tent with "The Boss" sign above door and labels on some of the fellows' shirts saying, "CTC," an abbreviation for the Chicago Travelin...
Photograph

Boys of the Hawthorne, Chicago Traveling Club

Date: 1878
Description: Boys outside tent that has sign, "Boys of the Hawthorne" above its door. This picture is identified as the Chicago Traveling Club's trip #8.
Photograph

Chicago Traveling Club

Date: 1878
Description: A tent of the Chicago Traveling Club with a sign on it saying "Always Hungry," and men with walking sticks, straw hats and a flute lounging on the ground i...
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People aboard Steamboat

Date: 1878
Description: People seated in a small steamboat tied at a pier on a lake. A flag flies from the bow and there is a two-story frame house on the shore. This photograph m...
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Wiesman Inn

Date: 1930
Description: View of the former Wiesman Inn, now a farmhouse.
Photograph

Wiesman Inn

Date: 1930
Description: View of the former Wiesman Inn, now a farmhouse.
Photograph

Wiesman Inn

Date: 1930
Description: View of the former Wiesman Inn, now a farmhouse.
Photograph

Wiesman Inn

Date: 1930
Description: View of the former Wiesman Inn, now a farmhouse.
Photograph

Lamb's Hotel in Camp Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Lamb's Hotel on a dirt road. The hotel is also called Bewersdorf's Hotel.
Postcard

Columbus School

Date: 1910
Description: View across street toward the school building. Caption reads: "Columbus School, Kenosha, Wis."
Photograph

Kenosha County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: Kenosha County's second Court House located at the southeast corner of Market and Sheridan Road. It was built in 1885 and razed in 1925. Four men are stand...
Photograph

Deming House

Date: 1930
Description: The home of Rev. D.H. Deming. The house was built in 1858 on Kenosha Street near Deming Street.
Photograph

Durkee House

Date: 1860
Description: The Durkee house, residence of Charles Durkee.
Photograph

O.S. Head House

Date: 1896
Description: The residence of O.S. Head. A man is sitting in the foreground on a wrap-around bench around a tree.
Postcard

Kenosha High School

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the high school building. Caption reads: "Kenosha High School, Kenosha, Wis."
Photograph

Kemper Hall

Date: 1961
Description: Kemper Hall on the shore of Lake Michigan. Durkee Mansion can be seen with Chapel in the background.
Photograph

Kemper Hall

Date: 1961
Description: Kemper Hall on the shore of Lake Michigan with the Durkee Mansion and Simmons Gymnasium in the background.
Photograph

Leet Home

Date: 1920
Description: The Leet house, site of the first town meeting of the Township of Somers.
Postcard

Library Park

Date: 
Description: View of plaza with lamppost and a monument on the lawn on the left. Caption reads: "Library Park, Kenosha, Wis."

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