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Monona Avenue

Date: 1890
Description: Several houses at the intersection of Wilson Street and Monona Avenue with the home of Simeon Mills, one of Madison's most prominent citizens, on the corne...
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Sturgeon Bay Townscape in Winter

Date: 1890
Description: A winter scene showing the courthouse, schoolhouse, and Congregational Church, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
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Short Train at Rice Lake

Date: 1890
Description: A Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad engine pulling a pay car. Identified employees include: (left to right) brakeman E.W. Sweet and fireman C...
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Albion Academy North Hall

Date: 1890
Description: North Hall. Caption reads: "Academy North Hall".
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Chequamegon Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the original Hotel Chequamegon, built by the Wisconsin Central Railroad interests and opened in 1877. It was built of wood with a wrap around porch...
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Park House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Park House Hotel (called the Commercial House before 1888), which burned down in 1892. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle on the l...
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D.F. Brown House in Bloomington

Date: 1890
Description: D.F. Brown house during the spring or summer, with two elm trees, three children and a woman. A picket fence runs along the sidewalk in the front of the ho...
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Lobby of the Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: Interior view of the lobby. Two men are standing along the back wall.
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view from hill of Grand Avenue. A young boy is posing against a large tree in the right foreground looking out over the town.
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Cawker (Colonel E. Harrison) Residence

Date: 1890
Description: Cawker (Colonel E. Harrison) residence.
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1890
Description: Front entrance to the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Brown County Courthouse

Date: 1890
Description: View of the first Brown County Courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Green Bay, Wis."
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Cotton Residence

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Judge Stephen R. Cotton residence. The Cotton residence was located at the corner of Jefferson and Doty Streets.
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Eastmen Residence

Date: 1890
Description: View of the H.E. Eastmen residence. The house was located on the southwest corner of Porlier and Monroe Streets, and later the residence of Mrs. George G. ...
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John Meade Residence

Date: 1890
Description: John Meade's residence. The family is standing on the front porch for a group portrait, while an individual pushes a bicycle.
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Jenckes House

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Jenckes house, home of Dr. J.L. Jenckes, physician and surgeon.
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Grignon House

Date: 1890
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 Home

Date: 1890
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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Lucius Fairchild House

Date: 1890
Description: The doorway of the Lucius Fairchild house at 302 South Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Monona Avenue in 1877) near Lake Monona. The house was constructed in 1850...
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Church Parsonage

Date: 1890
Description: The First Congregational Church parsonage, 138 Langdon Street, built in 1891 and demolished about 1965 to make room for an addition to the sorority house n...

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