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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of lower University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with demolition of buildings on both sides of the Armory-Gymnasium to make space for future pla... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Farmer driving a McCormick Farmall 350 tractor with attached ensilage blower near a barn and silo. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across intersection of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station at Blair and Wilson Streets. Three tall chimneys from the MG&E plant can be seen ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across Canal Street with the businesses that were built after the fire. Ford stepside truck is parked along the curb on the left. Businesses with thre... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Canal and Congress streets, with Sprague's Building on the right. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Store at 1897 Canal Street, with an old car on the lower right. The car is parked in front of a "no parking" sign. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | High school. Caption reads: "High School, Bloomington Wis." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | School known as the "old stone school," the first public school building in Bloomington. The clock tower replaced the former bell tower. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Hazelwood, the home of Morgan L. Martin. Morgan Lewis Martin served as county judge of Brown County from 1875 until his death in 1887. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Tank Cottage with a stone fence and gate in the foreground. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it un... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The First Lutheran Church on the corner of Randall and Milwaukee Streets. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the front and right side of the Tallman House. Caption reads: "Tallman Homestead, Janesville, Wisconsin". |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View of chairs and a table set around the fireplace. A mirror is above the fireplace, and a grandmother clock is against the far wall. The windows flanking... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a bedroom, with a tall, arched window on the far wall, and a painting hanging near the bed. Caption reads: "Tallman Homestead, Janesville,... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View of bedroom, with a baby crib in front of the window on the right, and a rocking chair in front of the window on the left. Caption reads: "Tallman Home... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The Waelderhaus a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler the founder of the Kohler Company, by his daughter, Marie Christine Kohler. Waelderhaus is a rep... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the kitchen at "Little Norway." Log building with a turf roof. Caption reads: "The Kitchen - Little Norway - Mt. Horeb, Wis." |
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