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Peterson Block

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men with children are standing outside a storefront on the Peterson Block in Emerald. Caption reads: "Petersons Block, Emerald Wis".
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison Students on Bascom Hill

Date: 1909
Description: A large group of students walk down Bascom Hill.
Postcard

Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1900
Description: Colorized elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Wisconsin State Seal is in the upper left corner. Caption reads: "State Capitol, Madison, Wisco...
Postcard

Sanatorium

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards the sanatorium. People are around a swing in the yard. Caption reads: "The Sanatorium, Hudson, Wis."
Postcard

Spring City Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Spring City Hotel. Caption reads: "Spring City Hotel, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down Main Street from Five Points. Caption reads: "Looking down Main St. from Five Points, Waukesha, Wis."
Photograph

Sturgeon Bay High School

Date: 1908
Description: Sturgeon Bay High School, built in 1901 and destroyed by a fire in 1908.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down unpaved Main Street.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down unpaved Main street.
Photograph

Freie Gemeinde Hall, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Freie Gemeinde (Free Congregation or Free Thinkers) Hall.
Photograph

Dam and Power House

Date: 1905
Description: View upriver towards a dam, and a power house on the right.
Photograph

Tenney Park Lagoon

Date: 1902
Description: View looking out over the lagoon in Tenney Park.
Postcard

Monona Park

Date: 1900
Description: View of boaters and crowds at Monona Park. Caption reads: "Monona Park."
Historical Object

Autochrome Lumiere Plate Box Cover

Date: 1907
Description: Autochrome Lumiere plate box cover that originally contained four plates (plaques).
Photograph

Drive at the Narrows

Date: 1905
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is standing in a roadway through "the narrows." In the background is a steep ridge. Also in the background are stacks of wood ...
Photograph

Street View of Bryant

Date: 1909
Description: Street view showing houses, side yards and residents.
Photograph

Sample Pine Log

Date: 1908
Description: Cut sample pine log mounted as an exhibit in Irvine Park.
Postcard

Color Postcard Depicting Rock River

Date: 1908
Description: Color postcard showing a landscape along River Park.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Orphan Train Arrival

Date: 04 30 1909
Description: Newspaper clipping of prospective parents looking up at children in the windows of the orphan train. The caption reads: "The Arrival of the Babies."

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