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J.A. Taylor Steamer #1

Date: 1905
Description: Fire department steamer #1 fire engine, named after hotel proprietor J.A. Taylor.
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Deering Works Drafting Room

Date: 1905
Description: Three draftsmen are working at their desks at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was originally built by William Deering for the Deering ...
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Man Posing in Factory Office

Date: 1905
Description: Man lounging against a full bookcase in an office area at McCormick Works in Chicago. A second man can just be seen behind the bookcase. A large dark room ...
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St. Joseph's Hospital

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Hospital, Ashland, Wis." Front facade and grounds of the four-story, red brick hospital built in 1905. The basement level is b...
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Deering Works Foundry

Date: 1905
Description: Casting molds in the Grey Iron Foundry at International Harvester's Deering Works (factory).
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Machinery and Parts at Osborne Works

Date: 1905
Description: Machinery and parts at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works."
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Block House

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Block House, built in 1880, at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The United States flag waves on a pole atop the Block House....
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Meeting House

Date: 1905
Description: Two frame structures connected by an open porch stand in a wooded area. The building on the right appears to be a small two-story house. On the left is a o...
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Pavilion

Date: 1905
Description: Benches are visible inside a wooden, open air pavilion with a hip roof and large doorway. There is a small attached porch on the left which mimics the shap...
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Cottage

Date: 1905
Description: A wooden cottage with large front and side porches which are supported by brick pillars. A broad staircase leads from ground level up to the side porch. A ...
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Forest's Room

Date: 1905
Description: A small microscope sits on a table near a lace-curtained window in Forest Middleton's room. There is also a chair, bookcase and commode with china commode ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View down a street filled with pedestrians who walk by stores and small businesses.
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Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View down a street filled with pedestrians passing stores and small businesses.
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The Schlitz

Date: 1905
Description: The Schlitz Saloon on the corner of Doty and King Streets. The saloon was owned by Fred C. Harbort from 1900-1907. There is a man in an apron standing at t...
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High School

Date: 1905
Description: Hand-colored view of the exterior of a high school. A horse is grazing in the yard on the right. Caption reads: "High School, Burlington, Wis."
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Mower on Factory Floor

Date: 1905
Description: Mower set up on factory floor in a factory. In the background are other pieces of agricultural machinery, and a bank of windows.
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Harrose Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the "Residence of H.G. Selfridge, Lake Geneva, Wis." The large Tudor influenced house has three stories and features a tall chimne...
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Underwood Residence

Date: 1905
Description: An interior available light photograph, through a doorway, of the parlor in the home of E.W. Underwood. An oil lamp is sitting on a table flanked by two ch...
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Lemon Tree

Date: 1905
Description: A large unripened lemon hangs from a bare branch of a potted lemon tree photographed in a parlor. The tree has lost most of its leaves. A printed inscripti...
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M.E. Church

Date: 1905
Description: Hand-colored view of the Methodist Episcopal Church on Portland Avenue. Cedar Creek flows behind it. Caption reads: "M.E. Church, Cedarburg, Wis."

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