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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Tamarack tree located in Florence County marking the beginning of the State Boundary. |
| 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: | A Cornish home in Mineral Point. In the background is a small hill with trees. |
| 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: | 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: | Pierce home, located at 424 North Pinckney Street, built about 1857. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Formerly the home of Alexander Mitchell, at West Wisconsin Avenue and Tenth Street; in 1917 it became the Wisconsin Club. Entrance gate in the winter. Wr... |
| 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: | Winter scene with two children on sled in the snow, possibly on Regent Street, Madison, Wisconsin. In the background is a house and yard. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Sigurd Olson, age 41, probably taken for publicity purposes. |
| 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 from snowy shoreline towards a bridge over Wingra Creek, between Lake Wingra and Lake Monona, in Vilas Park. The road over the bridge leads into the U... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Single-story vertical log building with both a stone chimney and a brick chimney, as well as a front vestibule. Snow is on the roof and ground around the b... |
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