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| Description: | The structure was built as a home by Edwin Barlow, and later given to the town for use as a museum of Swiss memorabilia. |
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| Description: | Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," New Glarus, Wisconsin. Built as a home by Edwin Barlow, it was later given to the town for use as a museum of Swiss m... |
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| Description: | View of steps leading up to the entrance to the Brisbois house. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Octagon House. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of the Pebble house, also called Edward Dodge House. Built in 1848 and constructed of cobblestone. Stone columns with a gate and fence are in front ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Octagon House. The caption reads: "The Pewaukee octagon house is the one for Poe. Legend says the man who built it killed his wife. Truth expla... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Sanctuary of Cistercian Monastery. Two men are kneeling down before the altar. Caption reads: "Sanctuary of the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across snow-covered ground towards the buildings of the Cistercian Monastery. Caption reads: "Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | John C. Pew home, at 3650 Lake Mendota Drive, Shorewood Hills. This home was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Construction began in 1939, and by 1... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Smith's Store in Montrose, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Leslie (formerly Old Belmont), Wisconsin. The first Wisconsin Terrritorial Capitol, a building rented by the Legislature which met there for 46 days in 183... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Looking west on W. Wisconsin Avenue from N. 3rd Street, featuring Woolworth's, Boston Store, and the Schroeder Hotel. An Edgewood-bound bus is stopped in f... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of clock made by John Muir while a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1860. Children are looking at the John Muir clock in the museum at ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Spring Tavern after its restoration by James Dickson. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of A.O. Smith Laboratories. Architects were Holabird and Root. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Station Tower is left of center, with open garage to its right, and more of the building to the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front view of the courthouse, with several trees. People are sitting at various benches and tables in the space in front of the courthouse, and pigeons ar... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Street view exterior of building. The roads are lined with cars. |
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