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The House on the Rock

Date: 07 25 1995
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The House on the Rock. Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588. The House on the Rock comes alive with spectacular autumn colors. This ar...
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The House on the Rock

Date: 1950
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The House on the Rock, at Spring Green, Wisconsin, on Highway 23, North of Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Access to this rock is throug...
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Rock's Round Barn

Date: 1963
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Rock's Round Barn on Highway U.S. 14 near Spring Green, Wisconsin, is a very unique restaurant featuring a new and novel 'salad bar...
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Rest Haven Motel

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Rest Haven Motel. Air Conditioned - Free TV - Room Phones. Free Coffee - Free Golf. 'The Best In Rest' John and Catherine Michels. ...
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Reeves Roadside Market

Date: 1969
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Reeves Roadside Market, Highway 14 East of Spring Green. Telephone (608)588-2744 or 588-3996. Home Grown Fruits and Vegetables in s...
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Bank of Spring Green

Date: 1972
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Bank of Spring Green. Spring Green, Wisconsin. Architecture by Taliesin Associated Architects of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation,...
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Ann Mitchell Library

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Ann Mitchell Library-Tower Hill, Wis." A one-story, wooden building with a wrap-around veranda and broad front steps surrounded by tr...
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Commercial Area Fire Damage

Date: 05 21 1931
Description: Fire scene from the east end, showing ruins of the Lins and Hood hardware and furniture store, a pool hall and confectionery store, with adults and childre...
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Commercial Area Fire Damage

Date: 05 21 1931
Description: Fire scene from the west end, showing ruins of the Lins and Hood hardware and furniture store, a pool hall, and confectionary store, with adults and childr...
Drawing

Waterfall at The House on the Rock

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Description: Black pen ink drawing on tracing paper of the exterior water feature. There are two rows of square glass windows on the Mill House, and tree trunks, shrubs...
Drawing

Moon Gate

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of the Moon Gate at The House on the Rock. Carefully matched and fitted stone forms a circular gateway. A cedar tree frames th...
Drawing

Buddha Head Sculptures

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Description: Colored ink drawing of two green Buddha busts in the Mill House at The House on the Rock. The sculptures are sitting on black, four-footed bases that are r...
Drawing

Red Sculptural Cask

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red sculptural cask at The House on the Rock, similar to those made by Alex Jordan. It is sitting on a pedestal center to...
Drawing

Bamboo Wind Chimes

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of the Garden Room at The House on the Rock. In the foreground, orange bamboo wind chimes are hanging against a yellow stone w...
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Outdoor Lantern

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red metal lantern on a stone wall at The House on the Rock. A denuded tree is on the left, on the face of Deep Shelter Ro...
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Mill House Entrance

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of an exterior view of the Mill House, with stone work and wooden architectural roof framing. Cedars flank the entry, planted ...
Drawing

Black Sculptural Cask

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Description: Black ink drawing on tissue paper of a sculptural cask at The House on the Rock, similar to those made by Alex Jordan. The sculpture is sitting on a pedest...
Photograph

Driving up to The Spring Green

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Description: A car is driving up the road to The Spring Green, which has a brick and stucco building with a red roof. An American flag is flying from the canopy above t...
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Sign at The Spring Green

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Description: Close-up view of the entrance sign at The Spring Green. The sign is a metal sculpture which incorporates lights and geometric shapes.
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The Spring Green Restaurant

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Description: A car is driving up an inclined road to a parking lot. A red metal sculptural sign in the foreground reads: "The Spring Green."

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