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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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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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Twelve Mile House

Date: 1935
Description: An old house in a rural area, with some broken windows, and a road in the foreground.
Postcard

Bridge in Darlington

Date: 1935
Description: View toward bridge and hill. The bridge has lampposts. Buildings are on a hill in the background. Caption reads: "Bridge and Hill, Darlington, Wis."
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Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Fort Howard hospital sheltered by large trees.
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Fraser House

Date: 1935
Description: Front view of the James Fraser house.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Capitol during a rain shower.
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Lowell Damon House

Date: 1935
Description: The Lowell Damon house, east elevation or front. Snow is on the ground.
Drawing

Pendarvis House

Date: 1935
Description: Cornish Pendarvis house on Shake Rag Street.
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Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Shake Rag Street, showing Cornish miner's homes. The street was formerly called Hoard Street in honor of R.C. Hoard who was stationed at Fort Defiance duri...
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Cornish Miner Homes on Shake Rag Street

Date: 1935
Description: Cornish miner homes on Shake Rag Street. The home at the right, which has since been demolished, was constructed of clay mixed with marsh grass, pressed in...
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Blake House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Blake House (north elevation, front). The house was razed prior to 1952.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
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Northern Wisconsin Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: The entrance of the Northern Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane. Automobiles are parked on the road in front.
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Children with Schoolbuses

Date: 1935
Description: Two International buses owned by Monongalia County Schools parked in a street. Children and adults stand on the sidewalks surrounding the buses. A commerci...
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Cabins and Boats at Al's Place on the Turtle Flowage

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of vacation cabins and boats along lake shoreline of Turtle Flowage. The roof of the building on the right says: "Al's Place / Lunches — Ca...
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Hall's Resort on Chippewa Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View across road of an automobile parked next to a building that has a gasoline pump in front of it by the dirt road of County Trunk B. There is a hand-pai...
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The Trimpey Residence

Date: 1935
Description: View from street of the home of Ephraim Burt and Alice Kent Trimpey, 719 Oak Street, after a snowfall. The classical revival style house has symmetrical wi...
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Al. Ringling Residence

Date: 1935
Description: Awnings shade the windows of the three-story stone Richardsonian Romanesque style residence of Al. Ringling.

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