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Log Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Two businessmen visiting a log drive along the Wisconsin River. They stand atop a log holding peavey hooks.
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W.L.L. & T. Logging Operations

Date: 02 1914
Description: Two men dressed in business attire stand in the snow in front of logs cut as part of W.L.L. & T. logging operations.
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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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Taliesin West

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of Taliesin West, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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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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Elevated View of Wausau in Summer

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of Wausau from the edge of town looking toward residences and businesses. Hills are in the far background.
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Elevated View of Wausau in Winter

Date: 1912
Description: Winter view over fields of town with hills in the far background.
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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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Apple Orchard

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: A row of blossoming apple trees in the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society orchard.

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