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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832. |
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| Description: | Front entrance of Octagon House. Caption reads: "Another Fond du Lac octagon is this one, built in 1850, although it looks for all the world like one of th... |
| 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: | 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: | 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Octagon House. Caption reads: "Neenah's octagon house has the virtue of simplicity. It seems to have been designed with only compass and s... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Former residence of the commanding officer. General Zachary Taylor was its first resident. It was subsequently rebuilt under the command of General Brooke.... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Benedict House. Built by Dr. Alonzo Benedict and designed for two families. The original roof did not function correctly, so the builder put on a secon... |
| 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: | Entrance to large home. Part of porch as well as side of house visible. Curved stairs lead up to the porch. Door flanked by columns with highly detailed c... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Benjamin Church House. Two men sit on the porch of a one-story white house. Fluted columns on front porch roof, which is continuous with the main roof. ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Small neighborhood of the city at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley. Overhead is the second Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct, demolished in 1992. Cars a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from street of the porch of the house at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A group of women are gathered on the fron porch. Snow covers the ground. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Chautauqua Grounds, founded in 1874. A log cottage stands on the left, and another wooden cottage can be seen on the right. Caption reads: "Cot... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of the Orioles, a girls' club at the settlement house. There are six images of members displ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View looking north across intersection towards the 400 block of North Carroll Street. A light snow clings to the trees and roofs of the houses. A car is ap... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of George F. Brumder's Pine Lake house, with a screened porch on the far right and enclosed porches left and center. Several of the windows on the upp... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Park Hotel, Richland Center, Wis." A large brick hotel is located at the intersection of two city streets. The hotel is three stories... |
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