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First Presbyterian Church of Ottowa

Date: 1950
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards the front and right sides of the church through some pine trees.
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Iola Street

Date: 02 12 1970
Description: State Highway 51 in Iola, Wisconsin, primarily showing the Fire Department and its siren.
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602 Frances Street

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype image of 602 Frances Street, located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Frances and Langdon Streets. The house served as the Chi Psi ...
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House in Madison

Date: 1897
Description: Cyanotype of an unidentified house in Madison.
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House in Madison

Date: 1897
Description: Cyanotype of an unidentified house in Madison.
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Wisconsin State College

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of Wisconsin State College, otherwise known as "Normal School." People are standing in the snow in the foreground.
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Octagon House

Date: 1930
Description: The Octagon House was built by General Francis Henry West. The photograph was taken late in 1930 and it shows the original "carpenter's lace" and other por...
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Burlington Railroad Tracks

Date: 1918
Description: View of the Burlington Railroad tracks south of the city, near Campion College. Dwellings are across a field, and snow-covered bluffs are in the background...
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White Pine Forest Mapping

Date: 03 1939
Description: A man mapping a planted stand of white pines in Devil's Lake State Park. He is wearing snowshoes.
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Elijah Hinkson Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Elijah Hinkson residence, with a fence in the foreground. Snow is on the ground.
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Snow-Covered Field

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: A roadside edge of a field near a fence covered in snow.
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Grove of Trees

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: Grove of trees in a flooded area from a late snow melt.
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Bird Feeder

Date: 1932
Description: Identified as "A lunch counter for birds," a platform feeder has been mounted on a fence post behind Gardners Prairie School, District No. 7, Town of Sprin...
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20TH Century Market

Date: 01 18 1941
Description: Exterior of 20TH Century Market at 2701 University Avenue.
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Hattie Taylor and Others on Shoreline near "Kate E. Howard"

Date: 1912
Description: Hattie Taylor and her neighbors on the icy shoreline of Lake Michigan near the row boat "Kate E. Howard."
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North Carroll Street

Date: 1940
Description: View looking north across intersection towards the 400 block of North Carroll Street. A light snow clings to the trees and roofs of the houses. A car is ap...
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Garden Beds

Date: 1910
Description: An unidentified man standing in a wooded area. A light snowfall has highlighted linear ridges in the soil which indicate the location of Stockbridge Indian...
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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men gathered around four teams of horses hitched to sleighs in a snow covered lot. There is a dog at the center of the...
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Learning to Select Good Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of a Native American man holding the lead of a horse as it is evaluated by another man, possibly Joseph Wojta, who is wearing a hat and long ...
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Meier's Oak

Date: 1980
Description: The tall, straight trunk of a large white oak dwarfs others around it on land homesteaded by (Carl) Albert Meier in 1883. At the time of the photograph, th...

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