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Buettner Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards the opposite shoreline towards the Buettner mill on the left, and the river with a dam, on the right. In the backgroun...
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Colfax Messenger Printing Office

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Description: Messenger printing office on a street lined with elm trees.
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Log Jam

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Description: Log jam, perhaps on the Black River or the Chippewa River in the Black River Falls area.
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Grignon House After Restoration

Date: 1945
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
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Grignon House

Date: 1950
Description: The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on...
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First Kenosha High School

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Description: The first Kenosha High School.
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Kohler Ravine Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of Kohler Ravine Park. In the right foreground is a small bridge, and on the right is a set of wide, concrete steps leading from the road down the hil...
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Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1945
Description: The Forest Products Laboratory.
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Grace Episcopal Church Rectory

Date: 1955
Description: The Grace Episcopal Church Rectory on West Washington Avenue, built in 1893 and razed in 1960.
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State Teachers College

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Description: A view of the State Teacher's College. Snow is on the ground and covering the trees. The State Teacher's College and the Mining College in Platteville merg...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Park Hotel, with an obstructed view, through trees, of the porch.
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The Plow Inn During Winter

Date: 1936
Description: A winter view of the Plow (Plough) Inn, sometime before 1936.
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Ladies Hall

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Description: Exterior of University of Wisconsin-Madison women's dormitory, later Chadbourne Hall. The building is surrounded by trees and snow is on the ground.
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Nakoma Road

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Description: View of Nakoma Road looking northeast, with several houses and trees, and automobiles parked on the street. There is a woman standing on the steps of a por...
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Water Tank on a Sleigh

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Description: Two men standing on a water tank sleigh used for icing logging roads. The sleigh is pulled by four horses. Foreman Mike Baltus stands in the snow at right....
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Fort Armstrong

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Description: Illustration of Fort Armstrong on Rock Island, looking from opposite shoreline. There is a barge and other boats on the Mississippi River in front of the f...

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