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Governor Washburn's House

Date: 1876
Description: Home of Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn on Monroe Street at the east end of what is now the Edgewood College campus. Washburn is probably the man at left.
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John Lloyd Jones House

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Description: John Lloyd Jones house, near Hillside Home School on Highway 23 across from Taliesin. A man and a woman are standing and holding bicycles, one woman is kne...
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Wrecked and Abandoned Automobiles in Pasture

Date: 05 16 1962
Description: Wrecked and abandoned automobiles in a hidden rural hollow.
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House with Picket Fence

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Description: View from the road of a frame house behind a picket fence, with cut work, shutters, and lightning rods by each chimney and a well in front of the fence. V...
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Farm and Rolling Hills

Date: 1873
Description: View of a prosperous farmstead from a neighboring hill. A man is standing near a woman in a horse-drawn vehicle in front of a board fence in the foreground...
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Family outside for Coffee

Date: 1876
Description: A family is grouped around a table set for coffee in a yard and on the porch of a house in a grove. House has "rounded rock" foundation and brackets.
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Burning Building and Volunteer Fire Fighters

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Description: Volunteer fire fighters prepare to put out a fire on a roof. The fire company's hose cart is the vehicle with two large wheels which was attached to any av...
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Niagara Falls from Canada Side

Date: 1877
Description: An A.L. Dahl photograph, one of "Two different views of the Falls from Canada side," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as mentioned in ...
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Restaurant Operated by Helen Baldwin

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view down road towards Helen Baldwin's restaurant.
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Robert M. Bashford House

Date: 1965
Description: The Robert M. Bashford house at 423 North Pinckney Street.
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Bethel Lutheran Church Parish House

Date: 1950
Description: Bethel Lutheran Church parish house and Sunday School, 10 West Johnson Street.
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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Second Long Tail Point lighthouse, built in 1859.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: View from the east corner of the Wisconsin State Capitol looking past the Colonel Hans Christian Heg statue with King Street in the background.
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Executive Residence

Date: 1940
Description: Executive Residence, 130 East Gilman Street, preceded the current one in Maple Bluff. Purchased in 1882 by Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk, the legislature bough...
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Gilmore-Weiss House

Date: 1939
Description: The Gilmore-Weiss home, 120 Ely Place (formerly Prospect Avenue), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Tiffany House

Date: 10 02 1956
Description: Tiffany House, the home of Christina and Ellis Dana at 1001 Seminole Highway, in Nakoma, was featured in the League of Woman Voters' House Tour. Christina ...
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John W. Cole Residence

Date: 1925
Description: The John W. Cole residence on North Street, built in the 1860's.
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Bashford Farmhouse

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior of the Bashford farmhouse.
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124 Langdon Street

Date: 1924
Description: 124 Langdon Street, viewed from Lake Mendota. The house was designed by Madison architect Frank Riley and built in 1924 for the Kappa Sigma fraternity. T...
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Seymour Corner Store and Gas Station

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of a general store and gas station operated by James Smith. Four people stand posed in front of the building.

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