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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi...
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Iceboats

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Description: Iceboats at Williams Bay on Lake Geneva.
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Ballplayer at Bat

Date: 06 07 1900
Description: The faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater play a game of baseball.
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School for the Deaf — Exterior

Date: 1893
Description: Exterior view of the main building of the State School for the Deaf.
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Lake Geneva Steamboat

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of Lake Geneva with the Lake Geneva steamboat.
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Reverend H.A. Preus and Family

Date: 1873
Description: Reverend H.A. Preus and his family pose seated outdoors in front of the Spring Prairie parsonage.
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Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View of the north shore of Delavan Lake with a lighthouse in the background. Also known as "Red Top" and "L.P. Sutter's." Caption reads: North Shore, Delav...
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Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the Inlet Bridge on Delavan Lake. Caption reads: "Inlet Bridge, Delavan Lake".
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Delavan Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of Delavan Lake, looking toward Highland. Caption reads: "A Veiw[sic] On Delavan Lake Toward Highland".
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Highland Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Highland Hotel on Delavan Lake. Caption reads: "The Highland hotel, Delavan lake, Delavan, Wis."
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Delavan High School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the high school. Caption reads: "High School Delavan Wis."
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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Wisconsin Institute for the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1860
Description: Engraved print of the institute. The building has dome, and at the top is a wind vane. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Institute for the Deaf & Dumb."
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Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved view of the building and the grounds. On the top of the dome is a wind vane. Pedestrians, an equestrian, and a man in a horse-drawn carriage are i...
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Lake Lawn Hotel

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Description: View of the hotel across the grounds and through trees. Caption reads: "The New Hotel, Lake Lawn, Delavan Lake, Delavan, Wis."
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Lake Lawn Hotel Near the Shore

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Description: View of the lake-side of the hotel. The hotel porch and balcony is on the far left, and beyond are smaller buildings among trees. The lake is on the right....
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Old Settlers' Cemetery

Date: 1954
Description: View of a sign to the cemetery that reads: "Old Settler's Cemetery 1837-1875, Burial Place of Samuel * Henry Phoenix, Founders of Delavan 1836." The cemete...
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Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1910
Description: View of the main building, with a lightpost in the foreground. A sign on the building reads: "Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf & Dumb." Caption reads: "...
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School for the Deaf

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of School for the Deaf. School also called State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Walker Hall, which is on the right, was added to the school...
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Buena Vista House

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Description: View of the hotel from across the street through trees and a fence. The hotel was later called the Cobblestone Inn. A small building on the left near the h...

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