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Potowatomi Group

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Description: A Potowatomi group consisting of David Nsa-waw-quet, his wife Margaret Nsa-waw-quet, and her sister Mary Wabanosay, or "Morning Walking." A young girl is ...
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Nichols House

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Description: Exterior view of Nichols House with a group of people on and around the porch.
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Kiel Hotel

Date: 1870
Description: View across water towards the Kiel Hotel.
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Octagon House

Date: 1950
Description: Interior view of the parlor of Richards' Octagon House.
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Jesse Smith Tavern

Date: 1914
Description: View of the Jessie Smith Tavern, with a group of people and a horse-drawn carriage outside.
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Trelawny Dining Room

Date: 1945
Description: The dining room in the Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert M. Neal and is n...
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Piening Home

Date: 1890
Description: The home of Adolph Piening on Hancock Street (near Eight Street). The house was next door to the German Lutheran School and this site now is used by the sc...
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Parsonage of St. Paul's Methodist Church

Date: 1910
Description: The two-story parsonage of St. Paul's Methodist Church on 608 Park Street.
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Mapleside

Date: 1965
Description: Mapleside, 3500 University Avenue. This historic home was later demolished.
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Residence in Racine, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of an unidentified house.
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Plough Inn

Date: 1965
Description: Plough Inn, 3402 Monroe Street. Built in 1853 and added onto in 1858. The home was originally built for German immigrants Frederick and Amelia Puanack, and...
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Strelow House

Date: 1965
Description: Exterior view of the Strelow House, located at 218 North Pinckney Street.
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Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
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Town Hall

Date: 1960
Description: Exterior view of the Town of Madison town hall building located at 2120 Fish Hatchery Road.
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Two Deer Heads on a Wall

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Description: Two male deer heads are mounted on a wall.
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Women and Children in Substandard Housing

Date: 1956
Description: Woman and four children seated in front of a makeshift tent that serves as their home. There is a washtub and washboard in the foreground and laundry hangs...
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Nimrod the Dog

Date: 1909
Description: Carl Greene's dog Nimrod resting on the grass in Watersmeet. There is a chain on his collar, and The Gang's travel supplies, including a cased mandolin, ar...
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Dad the Photographer

Date: 1910
Description: A view of Howard "Dad" Greene photographing an Indian man and a dog next to a jerky-drying frame. They are in an Indian village at the mouth of the Namakan...
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Bird's-Eye View of Iron River

Date: 1904
Description: View overlooking Iron River in winter. Several residences, and yards with fences are in the foreground. Wooded hills are in the far background.
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Holt Family Dog

Date: 08 1923
Description: In the foreground, the Holt family dog, an English Cocker Spaniel, is looking up at freshly-caught fish on a stringer held by a man standing behind with a ...

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