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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of north walkway of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on the left, and a car... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People on a rustic bridge over river at Copper Falls State Park. A long log building is in the background on the other side of the river. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Romanesque Chicago & Northwestern Railway station. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1851. It claims to be "the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal church in the world." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Replica of Eleazer William's original log cabin, with trees and a dirt road, five miles south of De Pere on the west bank of the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across street towards cars parked in front of the Iowa County Court House. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of a two-story octagonal structure amongst trees. Caption reads: "Possibly Wisconsin's most unusual bit of 'octagonda' is just outside of Fond du Lac.... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the octagon house. The caption below the photograph reads: "This house, built in 1849, is on Jefferson county trunk M, near Fort Atkinson. Its oute... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across grounds, with trees and shrubs on the lawn, towards the Main building and dormitory with ivy on the corner. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Masonry, octagon house. Just outside of Green Bay, on Highway CC. It originally was part of a fort group. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Tank cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it was purchased by Jacques P... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Tank Cottage, aka the Roi-Poerlier-Tank Cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Tank cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it was purchased by Jacques Porl... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view across Kenosha harbor at the large Simmons Company factory building. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The octagon house. Text on back reads: Whitewater's octagon house is a frame one which dates back to 1855. The porch was added only a generation ago, the k... |
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