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Cross Plains Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ...
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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station

Date: 1939
Description: View from street of the Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway station.
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Aztalan Church

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior view of Aztalan church, built in 1852.
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Memorial Chapel in Cambria

Date: 1939
Description: Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 28, 1939. A large group of people are standing on the lawn in front of the chapel.
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Memorial Chapel in Cambria

Date: 1939
Description: View of Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 8, 1939. A group of people are gathered on the lawn in front of the chapel.
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Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

Date: 1900
Description: Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, a Catholic church built in 1866-1868.
Postcard

Downtown Fond du Lac

Date: 1908
Description: Street scene in Fond du Lac featuring many pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, shops, and other buildings. Caption reads: "Fond du Lac Up To Date". An imag...
Postcard

First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1952
Description: View towards the front and left side of the church. Caption reads: "First Presbyterian Church, Weyauwega, Wis."
Postcard

Congregational Church

Date: 1910
Description: View from street towards a congregational church. Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Marshfield's First Hotel

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Description: The bare structure of Marshfield's first hotel. Caption reads: "Marshfield's First Hotel."
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Mill, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of a mill, with several figures and horse-drawn vehicles located around it. Caption reads: "Sauk City Mills."
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Nashotah Mission, Bishop White Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Front and side view of Nashotah Mission, Bishop White Hall.
Postcard

St. Mary's Church

Date: 
Description: A view of St. Mary's Church and school. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Church and School, Portage, Wis."
Postcard

Soldier's Monument

Date: 1900
Description: Soldier's Monument on Grand Avenue, with a wreath places at the base. Steeples of a church are in the background. Scroll work has been added to the upper a...
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Harvey School

Date: 1918
Description: Harvey School (demolished), 1005 Jenifer Street at South Brearly Street, Marquette neighborhood. Designed by Louis Claude and Edward Starck, built in 1905...
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Aerial View of Agricultural Buildings

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. Lake Mendota with Picnic Point is in the background.
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Milwaukee Brewery Grain Elevators

Date: 1938
Description: View across the Kinnickinnic River of the Pabst brewery grain elevator. A Schlitz building, possibly one of their grain elevators, stands behind the Pabst ...
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Men with Wagon and Beer

Date: 1915
Description: A group of unidentified men standing with a horse and wagon. The wagon is carrying a barrel of beer. The sign on the building in the background is an adver...
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Algerians Praying

Date: 1927
Description: Algerian Muslims touching their foreheads to the ground in prayer outside of a mosque.

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