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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of a sign to the cemetery that reads: "Old Settler's Cemetery 1837-1875, Burial Place of Samuel * Henry Phoenix, Founders of Delavan 1836." The cemete... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | John Philbrick Webster House. Built in 1836, the building served as the federal land grant office and courthouse. The composer Joseph Philbrick Webster use... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Yerkes Observatory. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a post office. Caption reads: "Post Office — Walworth, Wisconsin". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Richard Quinney posing on the first day of the school year. He is sitting in the driver's seat of a Chevrolet truck in front of his family's farmhouse. |
| 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: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Stanley Zuckerman, Lloyd Barbee, Jackie Robinson, and David Obey. The photograph is inscribed from Obey to Barbee. |
| Date: | 01 18 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Clay Daggett, University of Wisconsin education professor who has also been a tour guide in many parts of the world. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Map shows townships and sections, landownership and acreages, roads, schools, churches, and cemeteries. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | This map of Lake Geneva has relief shown by contours and water depths shown by isolines. The map includes an index of schools, churches, public services, i... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | The program for the summer series of concerts sponsored by George Williams College at their College Camp on Geneva Lake was designed by Edmund Elsner of Wi... |
| Date: | 06 13 1953 |
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| Description: | Claire Chapin, granddaughter of Clara Seipp Bartholomay, with her husband, William Frederick Carr, on their wedding day at Black Point Estate. Geneva Lake ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Ernst Conrad Schmidt, wearing conventional yachting attire of dark blazer and light-colored trousers, poses with trophies won by his boat, the "Senta III."... |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | A grand piano with ornate shawl stands in front of the fireplace in the music room at Black Point. The fireplace surround is covered with ornate ceramic ti... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | An ornate chandelier with gas light style shades and many prisms dominates a photograph of the music room at Black Point. There is a painted frieze below t... |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | An ornate dining table with matching chairs anchors the dining room at Black Point. There is a stained glass window at the far end of the room over a built... |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | A view of the southeast corner of the dining room in the main house at Black Point, showing a china cabinet and tea table. The cabinet holds pieces of Cath... |
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