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Plano Mowers at Cork Fairgrounds

Date: 1903
Description: Two boys and a group of men inspect Plano mowers at a fairgrounds in Cork, Ireland. At the time, Plano was one of the brand names sold by International Har...
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Hoo Hoo Club Hotel

Date: 04 24 1910
Description: The Hoo Hoo Club Hotel, a lumbermen's social organization. Two men are standing near a man driving a sled carrying milk cans pulled by two horses in front ...
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Argonne

Date: 1915
Description: View down the unpaved main street of Argonne. The inn in the right foreground was the Commercial House. Across the street, the first building on the left...
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Duncan Creek

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline of Duncan Creek, with an old dam and on the oppostie shoreline, the residence of Fred Adler, the owner of a brewery and a store in the ...
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Tearing down Eau Claire House

Date: 1920
Description: Tearing down Eau Claire House to make way for the Y.M.C.A. building. A man is standing on the roof. A sign in the street reads, in part: "Electric Light He...
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Wade House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the side porch at the Wade House.
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of the first Territorial Legislature

Date: 1906
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of First Territorial Legislature

Date: 1955
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836. West end and south side.
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Taylor Lake

Date: 1940
Description: View of Taylor Lake and the entrance to Chain O' Lakes.
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Lain-Estburg House

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Lain-Estburg house.
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Elevated View of Viroqua

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view over rooftops of Viroqua.
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High School, Tripoli, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of a high school.
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Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Shake Rag Street, showing Cornish miner's homes. The street was formerly called Hoard Street in honor of R.C. Hoard who was stationed at Fort Defiance duri...
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Moses Strong Residence

Date: 1910
Description: The home of Moses Strong, a prominent attorney, politician, speculator and land agent who moved to Wisconsin Territory and settled in Mineral Point in 1836...
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Ashton Home, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Ashton home, built in about 1853 or 1854.
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Parsonage of St. Paul's Methodist Church

Date: 1935
Description: The two-story parsonage of St. Paul's Methodist Church on 608 Park Street.
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Decorated Post Office

Date: 12 1918
Description: Post Office advertising the sale of War Savings Stamps. A sign above the entrance reads: "Do Your Christmas Shopping Here." Snow is on the ground.
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Republican Schoolhouse

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of the Republican Schoolhouse, also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party.
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Methodist Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: The building at 309 West Washington Avenue was built in 1891 for the St. Regina Convent and Academy of the Sinsinawa Dominican nuns across the street from ...
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Fratt House

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the east elevation of the Fratt house. The sign on the building reads: "Y.M.C.A."

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