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Van Buren House

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Van Buren House.
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Hazelwood

Date: 10 22 1925
Description: Rear view of Hazelwood (formerly the front entrance), the home of Morgan L. Martin. Morgan Lewis Martin served as county judge of Brown County from 1875 un...
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Stewart House

Date: 06 28 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Stewart house, located in the vicinity of Verona.
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View of Town

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across water towards town.
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Monument to First Settlers

Date: 1920
Description: Monument to the first settlers in this Swiss colony, 1845. View of monument with partial view of Swiss Reform Church in the background.
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Swingli House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of Swingli House.
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Post Office Gathering

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Description: A crowd of people looking toward the camera has gathered in front of the Rome Post Office that has a folded-up awning and a flag over the entrance. A pathw...
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Chemical Engineering Building

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype view of the exterior of Chemical Engineering building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at 600 N. Park Street.
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Witt Photo. Studio

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Description: Matthew Witt's photo studio on Main Street. His business was there for 50 years, from 1913 to 1963. Two men are sitting on the stoop in the doorway. The bu...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Matthews Family

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Rosalie, Ollie Mae, and Adrena Matthews posing by their garden, near the front step...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Cordio Children

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Edith, John, and Caroline Cordio posing in the garden at the front of their house a...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Mrs. Ora Smith

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with the winner in the Senior category garden competition, Mrs. Ora Smith, sitting on th...
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Typical Home Abandoned in Site I

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: View of abandoned homes and other structures.
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Typical Home Abandoned in Site I

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: View of an abandoned home and barn behind a post fence.
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View of Necedah

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Description: View looking north across the Highway 21 bridge at Necedah Lake. A man, likely a Resettlement Administration worker, poses in the grass in the foreground.
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Scenery at Necedah

Date: 1935
Description: View looking north across the Highway 21 bridge at Necedah Lake. A man, likely a Resettlement Administration worker, stands holding a pipe in the foregroun...
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Home of Willard Nuss

Date: 1933
Description: Submitted as an example of "The Homes of Pupils," this two-story Victorian house was the parsonage of Peace Reformed Church and home of Pastor Edward P. Nu...
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New Fane

Date: 1932
Description: Looking west along County Trunk Highway SS (now CTH DD) from the hill east of the New Fane School. The brick school, with its bell tower and widow's walk, ...
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Coldwater Hatchery

Date: 1932
Description: People relax on a bench on the front porch of the long, two-story stucco coldwater hatchery building on the grounds of the Fish Hatchery at Wild Rose. Ther...
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Dickeyville Grotto

Date: 06 25 1939
Description: The Dickeyville Grotto is a small shrine made out of stone, mortar, colorful rocks and found objects. The modern door is made of glass and metal. A large s...

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