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Taylor Lake

Date: 1940
Description: View of Taylor Lake and the entrance to Chain O' Lakes.
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Hamacher Hotel

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Hamacher Hotel on West Mifflin Street.
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Baptist Church

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of a Baptist church. Caption reads: "Baptist Ch. Wausau Wis."
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Cornish House

Date: 1940
Description: A Cornish home in Mineral Point. In the background is a small hill with trees.
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Fountain Street Cottage

Date: 1940
Description: A cottage on the corner of Fountain Street and Chestnut Street.
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Polperro House

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...
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Polperro House and Woman

Date: 1940
Description: A woman demonstrating how Shake Rag Street got its name, with the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, behind her. The house was temporarily co...
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Polperro Undergoing Restoration

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s...
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Moses Strong Residence

Date: 1940
Description: The home of Moses Strong, a prominent attorney, politician, speculator and land agent who moved to Wisconsin Territory and settled in Mineral Point in 1836...
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Moses Strong Residence

Date: 1940
Description: The home of Moses Strong, a prominent attorney, politician, speculator and land agent who moved to Wisconsin Territory and settled in Mineral Point in 1836...
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Butler Home, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Butler home.
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Arrowhead Bridge

Date: 1940
Description: View of the Arrowhead Bridge at the Duluth-Superior Harbor.
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Door County Museum

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Door County Museum, featuring a display of a sculpted man in Native American dress.
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Taliesin

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and studio. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Frank...
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Monroe County Courthouse

Date: 1940
Description: View across lawn with trees toward the courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Sparta, Wis."
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Saint Clara Academy

Date: 1940
Description: View of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Saint Clara Academy. Caption reads: "Grotto of Our Lade of Lourdes, Saint Clara Academy, Sinsinawa Wiscons...
Postcard

Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage, built in 1867. Caption reads: "M.E. Church and Parsonage, Shullsburg, Wis."
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Bridge Over Crawfish River

Date: 1940
Description: The bridge over Crawfish River. Buildings are on the other side of the bridge.
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Mesas and Buttes Historical Marker

Date: 1940
Description: The Mesas and Buttes historical marker in Mill Bluff State Park. The marker reads: "Mesas and Buttes. These so-called mounds with flat tops and cliffed sid...
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Milton College

Date: 1940
Description: View of the corner of a building which is covered with vines, on the Milton College campus.

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