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Ingram House

Date: 1930
Description: Ingram house. In the foreground is a lawn, trees and outdoor furniture along a hedge border, with an arched trellis leading to the house on the left. The h...
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Man and Girl on Porch Swing

Date: 1921
Description: A older man and a young girl holding a doll are seated together on a porch swing for an outdoor portrait.
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Grant County Fourth Annual Contest Winners

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Reitan Farm in Mason

Date: 1933
Description: View of the Reitan Farm in showing the two-story farmhouse on the left, a large barn on the right, and three other wood farm storage buildings in the cente...
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School Picnic

Date: 06 30 1905
Description: Group portrait of a Muscoda Public School picnic. Emma Schmitt (later Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) is on the far left of the top row. The 1905 Wisconsin Census ha...
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Family Gathering at Rufus Gillett's

Date: 1919
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the extended Gillett family taken at the home of Sherwin's brother, Rufus.
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Family Driving

Date: 1903
Description: George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car.
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The Dixon

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of The Dixon, a Victorian-era house with guest rooms.
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Grand View Hotel

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Description: Side view across lawn of the Grand View Hotel, with a porch in the front. Cottages are in the background on the right. Women are sitting in the lawn chairs...
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Jens L. Gregerson Farm Tourist Home — Highway 16 East

Date: 1931
Description: Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing.
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Oak Villa Annex — Mrs. S.J. Knudsen — Wis. Ave. & Oak St.

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of the annex of a house with rooms for tourists. The main house is in the background on the right. There is a lawn swing under a blossomin...
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Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

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Description: Riverside cottage with an automobile parked in front. The license plate reads: "Wisconsin 1938."
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Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

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Description: Exterior view across lawn of a cottage with a stone chimney.
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Shady Lawn — 1038 Superior Street

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of Shady Lawn Rooms and Bath. There is a lawn swing and a tire swing in the lawn. On the porch is a porch swing. Firewood is stacked by the f...
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"Komfort Kabin Kourt" at the Wee Hoose — U.S. 16

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Description: View from road of row of cabins with chairs on the lawn in front. There is an automobile parked behind the first cabin.
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White House — 912 Capitol Street

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view from road of the White House Hotel. There is a trellis with four columns at the sidewalk entrance that leads to a long porch with rocking cha...
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White House Cottages - Vine St - Hwy 16

Date: 1931
Description: View of a row of cottages on the left side along a sidewalk. The property is bordered by white picket fences. There is a row of stones in front along edge ...
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Courtyard of the White House Hotel

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Description: View across sidewalk of the courtyard of the White House Hotel. The Annex is on the right. A gazebo is on the left, there are benches and a lawn swing in t...
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Large Crowd Posed on a Lawn

Date: 1902
Description: Large group of men, women and children, unidentified, posed with members of a brass band at a gathering. The group is posed in front of and behind a fence,...
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Flag Raising Ceremony

Date: 1934
Description: A flag-raising ceremony at Villa Louis, with a group of people standing on the lawn around the flagpole.

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