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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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Indian Corn Hills at Governor Nelson State Park

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Description: Tapes and pins mark the locations of Native American corn hills in what is now Governor Nelson State Park.
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Woolen Mills

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a woolen mill.
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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1945
Description: Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece.
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New London High School

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior view of New London High School.
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Solomon Juneau Monument

Date: 1940
Description: Monument in Juneau Park. A man is sitting on a bench, with Lake Michigan behind.
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Ludington Patton Residence

Date: 1900
Description: E.T. Mix, architect. 1 Waverly Place, built 1872. Three-quarter view of the front and right side of the house. A sidewalk and trees are on the right, with ...
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Gray's Mill School, Disrtict 17

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Description: Small white clapboard schoolhouse in South Lancaster Township, with class standing outside in front. There is a barn on a hill in the background.
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Platteville School District #10 Rural School

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Description: Small rural clapboard schoolhouse with class posing at entrance. There is a dog sitting on the right side of the building, and cows are in a field in the b...
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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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Agricultural Fair at Union High School

Date: 1913
Description: Fair goers gather in front of Union High School.
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Grant County Contest Winners

Date: 1915
Description: Unidentified group of spelling and arithmetic contest winners posing on a lawn outside of a brick building. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapel...
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Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
Description: Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa...
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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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Railroad Wreck

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down at men gathered at railroad wreck The locomotive is on its side, and the freight cars are demolished.
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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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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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Alex Kornhauser Residence

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Description: View from street of the Alex Kornhauser Tudor Revival home at 529 N. Pinckney Street in the Mansion Hill neighborhood. It was built in 1908. It was later o...
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National Hotel

Date: 1852
Description: View of people riding in a horse-drawn sleigh in front of the National Hotel in a snowstorm. The National Hotel was owned by Major Eliab B. Dean. It was or...
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Keenan House

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Description: Exterior view of a German Romanesque revival brick house built in 1857 with a Second Empire-style mansard roof added in 1870. 28 East Gilman Street is in t...

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