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House on Green Street

Date: 1900
Description: View from intersection towards a residence on 4th and Green Street. The large house shows many Italianate architectural details, including ornate eaves bra...
Postcard

Town Hall and Church

Date: 1932
Description: Photographic postcard view of a man sitting on the steps of Town Hall. The Catholic church is in the background. Caption reads: "Town Hall and Church, La P...
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Brown County Court House

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of Brown County Court House, with trees lining the sidewalk.
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Directing an "Action Song"

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Streeter leading school children in the "shoemaker's song". Another woman is standing near a Victrola. The children are outdoors under trees. Possibly...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Indianola

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts are standing on and near a tree at the edge of Lake Mendota, with the Madison skyline in the background at Camp Indianola.
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Dancers at Hillside

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided ...
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High School

Date: 1918
Description: View of the high school.
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Saint Joseph's School

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior of Saint Joseph's School.
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Sauk County Jail

Date: 1918
Description: Dog kennels and houses border the Sauk County Jail in Baraboo. Taken from the Northeast corner of the intersection of Broadway and 2nd Avenue in Baraboo. T...
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Trimpey House

Date: 1930
Description: The Trimpey's house, the residence of Edwin B. and Alice Kent Trimpey. View of the back porch and side entrance faces a neighboring yard.
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W.A. Fulton Residence

Date: 1912
Description: View from streets towards the entrance to W.A. Fulton's home.
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Lewis Dahl Driving Automobile

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Description: Home of Tina Dahl Bertrand. Lewis Dahl at the wheel of an automobile. Walter and mother second and third from right in back seat. Bertrands on porch.
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Lewis Dahl Driving Automobile

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Description: Lewis Dahl at the wheel of an automobile. Walter and mother second and third from right in back seat. This is the home of Tina Dahl Bertrand. Bertrands on ...
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"Washington" School in Eau Claire

Date: 1885
Description: Front entry way to the "Washington" school, on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway.
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Frame House

Date: 1895
Description: Text from negative sleeve: "Madison environ, Wisconsin, ca.1895-1905. Frame house. Urban house with shutters and flag posters (?) in bottom bay window and ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The north and south wings were added in 1882-1884. The trees in the park are not yet full of leaves and did n...
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Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Water Spirit Burial Mound

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Description: A view of a two-tailed water spirit burial mound on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus near Observatory Hill.
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Schwartz House Exterior

Date: 1939
Description: Schwartz house exterior with a car parked under the carport.
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Grace Episcopal Church Hall

Date: 1914
Description: Grace Episcopal Church's Memorial Guild Hall, 116 West Washington Avenue.

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