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Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Marker

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site.
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Rosa Sperdandio

Date: 07 20 1909
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Rosa Sperdandio submitted as part of her application for her midwifery license.
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Clara Bewick Colby and Relatives

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Description: Portrait of five women identified as Aunt Clara Bewick Colby, Aunt Mary White, Bessie, Dara, and Esther.
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Three Deer Hunters

Date: 10 10 1943
Description: Hunters Harold Vandervort, Tom Massengase, and John Voell pose with deer carcass. Original caption reads: "Deer taken by John R. Voell, 226 Bank St., Fond ...
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John Street Bridge

Date: 1960
Description: View looking down at people working on John Street Bridge during the razing. There is a crane on the bridge.
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Historic Site Marker for First Schoolhouse

Date: 04 14 1926
Description: A marker on a rock commemorates the first schoolhouse built in Baraboo.
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Congregational Church

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of Congregational church.
Postcard

Church in Brookfield

Date: 1920
Description: Front view of church building. Caption reads: "Brookfield Wis".
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Masonic Lodge

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

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Description: Two "Small A flat" clarinets from the Austrian Army. One is a Boxwood Low Pitch and one Ebony High Pitch.
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Man Playing a 'Butterfly' Cornet

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Description: A man standing outdoors and playing a E flat 'Butterfly' cornet. Next to him is a table with two bugles on it.
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George J. Gunther

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Description: George J. Gunther in a apiary with a swarm of bees covering his left arm.
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Old Mission Congregational Church

Date: 1915
Description: The Old Mission Congregational Church. The church was built in 1832 for a mission founded by Frederick Ayer in 1830. It is said to be the oldest Protestant...
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Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 1940
Description: The Grace Episcopal Church.
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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.
Print

Cigar Maker Ad

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Description: Trade card of H. Rolfs Cigar Manufacturing Co. of Milwaukee advertising their Golden Horn cigars. The card depicts a cartoon-like drummer with the caption:...
Print

President & Mrs. Cleveland Trade Card

Date: 1886
Description: The marriage of bachelor President Grover Cleveland to Frances Folsom, his 21-year old ward, in 1886 captured the nation's romantic imagination, a sentimen...
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Kehl's Dancing Academy

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Description: Kehl's Dancing Academy, later used as the Labor Temple. A roofed entrance is over the sidewalk.
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Main Hall of Milton College

Date: 1915
Description: The Main Hall at Milton College.

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