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Hawks Tavern Smokehouse

Date: 1920
Description: Smokehouse with surrounding trees at Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
Postcard

The Philosopher Press

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the log building. Caption reads: "The Philosopher Press, Wausau, Wis."
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Methodist Church

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Church.
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Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of Main Street. A crowd of people are in the street and on the sidewalks.
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Brisbois House

Date: 1936
Description: View of front and right side of the Brisbois house, the oldest stone house in the state of Wisconsin.
Postcard

Congregational Church

Date: 1915
Description: Color postcard view from street toward the front of the church on Grand Avenue. There is a large stained glass window in the arch above the entrance. Capti...
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Canning Club Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1914
Description: Lula Tunisson using an El Flo hot water canner to give a presentation to the men, women, and children of a canning club.
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Pendarvis House

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of Pendarvis House.
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Pendarvis — Room with Fireplace

Date: 1936
Description: View of a room in Pendarvis House. There is a map of Cornwall over the fireplace. A bedwarmer and a bellows sit at the base of the hearth.
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Polperro House Second Floor at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Room on the second floor in Polperro House. In the center is a stairwell up to the next floor, a bookshelf in the right corner, and a portrait of a man abo...
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Polperro House Third Floor at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1936
Description: Bedroom in Polperro House with a canopy bed set into a dormer with a window. A quilt is on the bed, a bedside table on the left, and a dresser on the far w...
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The Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: View from water over boats towards the four-story wood frame Second Empire style Whiting House Hotel standing on the lake shore at Lake Geneva. Several set...
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Wisconsin River

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River looking north from Tower Hill State Park. There are sandbars in the river. The water tower and village of Sp...
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Eliza Scidmore with Mrs. Waldo

Date: 06 1898
Description: Mrs. Waldo, Mrs. Eliza Scidmore (in center holding a puppy in her lap), and an unidentified woman each sitting in rickshaws, which are also known as jinrik...

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