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Night View of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1955
Description: A nighttime view of the Wisconsin State Capitol as seen from Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard...
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The Dream Sled

Date: 1955
Description: This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-...
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Motorboating

Date: 1955
Description: View of woman smiling and wearing a bathing suit while sitting in the back of a motorboat. She is steering the outboard motor on a lake. Behind her is the ...
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Langlade County Memorial Hospital

Date: 1955
Description: The Langlade County Memorial Hospital.
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Langlade County Memorial Hospital

Date: 1955
Description: Langlade County Memorial Hospital.
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Exterior of Post Office

Date: 1955
Description: View across street towards the Post Office.
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Wheeler Hall

Date: 1955
Description: Wheeler Hall at Northland College, during winter. A group of people are on a bridge over the Bay City Creek, surrounded by trees, in the foreground. Wheele...
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Aztalan Museum

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Aztalan museum.
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Log House in Deer Park

Date: 1955
Description: Small log house near Edgewood School in Deer Park.
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Wade House

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Chapelle Photographs Marines

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of Dickey Chapelle shooting photographs of two Marines, who are shown from the back.
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Tallman House

Date: 1955
Description: View of the front and left side of the Tallman House from the front garden.
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Kaukauna Public Library

Date: 1955
Description: View across street towards the Kaukauna Public Library.
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Bassett House

Date: 1955
Description: The Bassett House in Whitewater, Wisconsin.
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Charles Riley House

Date: 1955
Description: Originally the Charles Riley house, 21 West Gilman Street. Historian Frederick Jackson Turner lived in the house in 1890.
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Grace Episcopal Church Rectory

Date: 1955
Description: The Grace Episcopal Church Rectory on West Washington Avenue, built in 1893 and razed in 1960.
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Castle Garden Resort

Date: 1955
Description: Hand-colored image of Castle Garden Resort's Main Lodge in Lake Namakagon.
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of a post office. Caption reads: "Post Office — Walworth, Wisconsin".
Postcard

North High School

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of North High School.
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Swiss Chapel

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of a Swiss chapel built by the Count and Countess Erick Von Bretzel in 1893.

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