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Portage Canal and Lock

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ...
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Unveiling of the Eleazer Williams Tablet by the D.A.R.

Date: 10 26 1927
Description: View of a crowd of formally-dressed men and women standing around the plaque mounted on a a large rock.
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A.G. Ellis - Hagemeister House

Date: 1890
Description: View of a house in a residential area, obscured by trees. "The house was built in 1835 by Ellis and was last occupied by the Misses Bessie and Barbara Hage...
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Tank Cottage Woodstove and Rocker

Date: 1930
Description: Interior of the cottage with a rocking chair, a wood stove, a painting on the wall, and a spinning wheel on the left. The floor is wooden, and the wallpape...
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The Wade House

Date: 1860
Description: The oldest known image of the Wade House (taken from Ambrotype) with the Sheboygan/Fond du Lac Plank Road in the foreground.
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Wade House

Date: 1920
Description: View from road of the exterior of Wade House. Children and adults are posing sitting and standing on the porch and balcony.
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Man Sharpening Axe

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Description: Man sharpening an axe on a grinding wheel next to a cabin at Old World Wisconsin.

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