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Four-Footed Indian Effigy Mound

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a four-footed American Indian effigy mound on the grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
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Young Girl with Baskets of Produce in Outdoor Market

Date: 1915
Description: Young girl wrapping or unwrapping produce from baskets on an urban street, possibly in Chicago, Illinois. The girl is likely offering the produce. A boy an...
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Crowd Gathered to Watch International Harvester Film

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Rural farming crowd gathered to watch an International Harvester film on the side of a barn. The event was staged by J.H. Matthews, an International Harves...
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Woman in Garden

Date: 1919
Description: Woman handling tomato plants in a vegetable garden.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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Fair Oaks Streetcar

Date: 1910
Description: An open streetcar labeled Fair Oaks sitting near Forest Hills Cemetery, which was then the end of the line. The motorman has been identified as Jack Schwen...
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Smith Cobblestone Inn

Date: 1933
Description: Southeast view of the Jesse Smith Cobblestone Inn.
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Castle Rock in Camp Douglas

Date: 1937
Description: Castle Rock. Castle Rock is an example of a monadnock or inselberg, a geological formation common in northern and central Wisconsin.
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Marker on the site of the Brown County Court House

Date: 1936
Description: Marker on the site of the first Brown County courthouse, the first courthouse in Wisconsin.
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Fort Howard Hospital Marker

Date: 1925
Description: Fort Howard Hospital Marker. "Hospital of old Fort Howard - 1816. This building formerly stood with the surgeons quarters and the powder magazine on the ri...
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Double Water Spirit Effigy Mound

Date: 05 04 1915
Description: Elevated view of a double water spirit effigy mound 4 miles south of Stockbridge near Appleton. The spirit has no head but the necks unite.
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Indian Mound Marker

Date: 1924
Description: A marker showing an Indian Mound in La Crosse.
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Foundation for Lodging House at First Wisconsin Capitol Historic Site

Date: 1955
Description: Foundation built for the lodging house at First Capitol Historic Site. The lodging house was moved and restored in the 1950s. The corner of the Council Ho...
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Polperro House Bedroom

Date: 1940
Description: The bedroom in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restorati...
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Polperro House Living Room

Date: 1940
Description: The living area in the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after resto...
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St. Paul's Irish Catholic Church

Date: 1920
Description: St. Paul's Irish Catholic Church, erected in 1855.
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Trelawny on Shake Rag Street

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior view of a Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert M. Neal and is now u...
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Nicolet Monument

Date: 1910
Description: The Nicolet Monument, erected by the Women's Clubs and unveiled in 1906.
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Smith Farmhouse

Date: 1936
Description: Northwest elevation of the William Smith farmhouse.

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