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Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue

Date: 1939
Description: View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor...
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Spring Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: The Spring Tavern on the way to Verona.
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Woelffer Drug Store

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Description: View from street towards Woelffer's Drug Store. Children are on the sidewalk, and a man is standing in the doorway. The store had a soda fountain with ice ...
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East Grand Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: View down East Grand Avenue of the business district with a shoe business at the end of the street and the Hilton Hotel to the left.
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Helen Baldwin's Restaurant

Date: 1925
Description: View towards the restaurant, which has an awning over the windows. On the lawn are pine trees and a lawn swing.
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Cornell Dam and Powerhouse

Date: 1913
Description: Dam and hydroelectric power house, with a billowing smokestack and a crane in the background.
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Park Hotel

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Description: The Park Hotel, once lived in by Lewis Dahl and family. It was also the Isaac DeForest home. Men and women are standing outdoors. There is a wagon or carri...
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Walker Hotel

Date: 1932
Description: The empty building that was formerly Walker Hotel.
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Hotel Juneau

Date: 1895
Description: Necedah, Wisconsin. 1895-1899. Hotel Juneau with several people on front porch and balcony. On the middle balcony appear (the sequence is ambiguous) : Sila...
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Dousman House Hotel

Date: 1916
Description: Dousman House hotel, surrounded by Mississippi River flood water in spring. View looking northwest.
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The Yahara Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: The Yahara Hotel, built in 1902, located at 1524 East Williamson Street. It later became Mickey's Tavern.
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The Trimpey Studios

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the exterior of the Trimpey photographic studio and antique shop, 128 Fourth Street. The second story is set back, with a porch and flower boxes ...
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Colonial Hotel

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Description: View of the Colonial Hotel as seen from across Lake Jackson. In the foreground, a woman and a boy stand next to a wooden dwelling over the water, bordered ...
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Women Hiding Faces During Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Three women hide their faces as they walk in front of State Agents after exiting their place of business during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establi...
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Ice and the Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: Water from firehoses has frozen into ice that coats power wires, trees, and pumps at the gas station next to the Hotel Washington, which burns in the backg...
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Emil Kramer

Date: 09 1940
Description: Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and...
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Edward Alsworth Ross

Date: 1924
Description: UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross poses outside the Hotel Brunswick in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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