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Albion Academy and Normal Institute

Date: 1920
Description: Albion Academy and Normal Institute. The school was founded in 1853 by Seventh Day Baptists from Vermont and New York. In 1901, it was taken over by Norweg...
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Carcajou Pasteur

Date: 1920
Description: View of a rocky pasture with some small, distant farm buildings, and a few farm animals grazing.
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Carcajou Kayaks at Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View of pasture land, with a bit of the Lake Koshkonong in the foreground, a wooden dock that is little more than planks, and several kayaks docked.
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Lake Koshkonong

Date: 1920
Description: View of farm buildings in the background on the top of a hill, with the shore of the lake in the foreground.
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Old Settlers' Cemetery

Date: 1954
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...
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Brewers House

Date: 1976
Description: Brewer's house, a half-timbered Prussian-Colonial style of architecture, built about 1855.
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Long Tail Lighthouse

Date: 1905
Description: Long Tail Lighthouse and surrounding buildings.
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Railroad Grade

Date: 04 1959
Description: The Mississippi River Logging Company's railroad grade two miles south of Weyerhaeuser over Soft Maple Creek, built about 1875-76.
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Dam on Soft Maple Creek

Date: 04 1959
Description: The Mississippi River Logging Company's dam built in Soft Maple Creek in 1877.
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Soft Maple Creek Dam

Date: 04 1959
Description: The Mississippi River Logging Company's dam built in Soft Maple Creek in 1877.
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"Genesis" Sculpture

Date: 1930
Description: The "Genesis" sculpture by Schaler, on the campus of Ripon College.
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Mazzuchelli Chapel

Date: 1954
Description: Front view of Father Mazzuchelli's chapel.
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Park and State Streets

Date: 1958
Description: Intersection of Park and State Streets from the Wisconsin Historical Society. The sign for the Wisconsin Historical Society is on the lawn in the center, a...
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"Trail Tree" in Residential Neighborhood

Date: 1920
Description: View of a supposed Indian "trail tree" on former Mercer's addition or subdivision, now the corner of Chestnut and Van Hise Streets, near Madison West High ...
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John Burroughs

Date: 1912
Description: John Burroughs seated with his dog on the steps of "Slabsides," his cabin retreat.
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William Otto and Jane Browne Petersen

Date: 1978
Description: William Otto Petersen and his wife Jane Jordan Browne Petersen pose seated and holding hands for a portrait around the time of their wedding. He is wearing...
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Dorothy and Stuart Fargo

Date: 1904
Description: Dorothy Fargo is holding a flower in her right hand and is resting her left hand on her brother's shoulder as they are posing outdoors for a three-quarter ...
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Brothers

Date: 1912
Description: Brothers Stuart, left, 15 years old, and Frank Fargo, 12, posing in front of the front porch of the family home. There is a large potted agave on the porch...
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Trail Marker Tree

Date: 01 1965
Description: Phil Sander (1906-2006), noted Kenosha conservationist and environmentalist, posing next to a "trail tree" which has two right-angled curves in its trunk. ...
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Mary Burke with Brown Swiss Calves

Date: 1957
Description: Mary Burke, dressed in a green dirndl with white short puffy sleeves and a white apron, is standing in the cow pasture at Forest Lodge holding two Brown Sw...

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