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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Pond House

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Description: View from street of exterior of Pond House.
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Passage for Attack

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Description: Dirt stairs through the trench wall. Captioned: "Passages up which troops rush for an attack."
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West Wing of Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the west wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. A view of the fourth capitol with snow flocked trees and snow-covered lawn and side...
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Rustic Stairway

Date: 1940
Description: People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River.
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Capitol Park and Entrance to Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1868
Description: The entrance to the third Wisconsin State Capitol before the construction of the dome, showing the park and walkway. Framing for the dome can be seen throu...
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Wayland Hall

Date: 1952
Description: Night view of entrance to Wayland Hall, built in 1855, at Wayland Junior College.
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Ivey and Webb General Store in British Hollow

Date: 1930
Description: Ivey and Webb general store, with trees and a hill behind, and in front a man standing under the store's awning.
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Galloway House Museum Carriage House

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Description: View of the exterior of the carriage house in the spring or summer, with miscellaneous tools and other items littered throughout the yard. A wooden stairwa...
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Kellogg Library

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Description: View across street towards the Kellogg Library.
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Butler House

Date: 1948
Description: The Butler house at 625 West Lakeside Street with a snow-covered lawn.
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Holy Hill

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Carmelite Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians and the nearby grotto. Caption reads: "Grotto of Church, Holy Hill Wis."
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Wisconsin State Capitol Construction

Date: 1914
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol under construction during the summer of 1914. One wing is still under construction and the statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Cheste...
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Jefferson County Court House

Date: 1950
Description: The Jefferson County Court House.
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Hanks Residence Garden

Date: 07 03 1934
Description: The garden stairs of the Lucien M. and Mary E. Vilas Hanks residence, 525 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Main Entrance of Harris Cottage

Date: 1935
Description: The front door of the Harris cottage.
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Odd Fellows Hall

Date: 1930
Description: The Odd Fellows Hall, built in 1838, was the first to be built west of the Allegheny Mountains. The cornerstones were laid by P.G. Sire Thomas Widley, foun...
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Tower Hill Trail

Date: 1945
Description: Tower Hill State Park trail leading to the top of the shot tower shaft.
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Marquette County Courthouse

Date: 1935
Description: The entrance to the Marquette County Courthouse.

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