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Masonic Lodge

Date: 1957
Description: View of a purple beech tree planted in 1914 in front of the Masonic lodge.
Postcard

Marathon County Court House

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the Marathon County Court House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1950
Description: View of the spiral staircase inside Richards' Octagon House.
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Octagon House Model

Date: 1948
Description: A model of the Richards' Octagon House, showing the original structure of the porches.
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J.J. Stoner House

Date: 1965
Description: View of the J.J. Stoner house, located at 321 South Hamilton Street.
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Charles Stewart

Date: 1861
Description: Seated portrait of Corporal Charles Stewart (b. 1832), Company B, 8th Wisconsin Infantry, wearing the one of the grey uniforms in which Wisconsin's first e...
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Silas Stewart

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Silas Stewart, Company B, 8th Wisconsin Infantry. Stewart enlisted in 1861 and served until the end of the war without b...
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Emons Webster

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Emons Webster, Company B, 8th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. Webster nlisted in 1861 and survived the wh...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Women at Picnic

Date: 05 1940
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Jennie G., Rose Caruso, and Mrs. Urso at a picnic. One of the women is sitting on a park bench, whi...
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Woman and Children in Substandard Housing

Date: 1956
Description: Woman and four children sing in front of a makeshift tent that is used as their home.
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Esther Peterson

Date: 1932
Description: Esther Peterson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses leaning against a tree on a hill while holding a baseball bat. There is a road and f...
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Alma, Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 05 1925
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen poses with her sons, Conrad, in baby buggy, and Edward, on tricycle, in front of their home at 1322 North Astor Street, in Chicago's ...
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The Tower at Black Point

Date: 10 1953
Description: A car sits on the drive at Black Point near the distinctive tower at the northwest corner of the house. The trees have lost their leaves.
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Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1905
Description: A seated, full-length portrait in profile of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907), early Wisconsin poet and author whose work was published under the pen...
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Stuart Fargo on His Seventh Birthday

Date: 10 08 1904
Description: Stuart Fargo posing for a three-quarter length portrait standing in front of a folding screen with his left arm resting on the back of a wicker chair. He i...
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Raising the Flag at Grandfather's House

Date: 07 04 1912
Description: At the home of Civil War Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the group is raising the American flag on Independence Day. Names from left to right: Lucy Rumsey H...
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Grandfather Rumsey on Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Civil War veteran Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the father of the photographer, is sitting on a horse in front of his home. A large American flag, hanging...
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Ivy Covered Guest House

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Description: Two-story vertical log building with a screen porch, cedar shake roof, and a short flight of wood steps and railing leading to the entrance. Ivy is growing...
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Guest House Antique Secretary Desk

Date: 1961
Description: An ornate secretary writing desk is positioned between two windows in the great room of the guest house. The desk is brown with gold inlays, two bottom dra...

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