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Nickel Plate Hotel

Date: 1948
Description: Nickel Plate Hotel's porch and balcony.
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Octagon House

Date: 1936
Description: West elevation of the Octagon house.
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Octagon house.
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Octagon House

Date: 1950
Description: Octagon house.
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State Normal School

Date: 1870
Description: State Normal School. A group of men are standing in the tall grass in the left foreground.
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
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...
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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior of Yerkes Observatory.
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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior of Yerkes Observatory.
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Green Shutters

Date: 1940
Description: The "Green Shutters".
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Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The rear view of the Ceylon Building, which was from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell, moved ...
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Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The gateway to the Ceylon Building's courtyard, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was purchased by J.J. Mitchell, moved to Lake Geneva...
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Ceylon Building on Lake Geneva

Date: 1893
Description: The Ceylon Building and its pier as seen from Lake Geneva. Originally built for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the building was later purchas...
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N.K. Fairbanks Estate

Date: 1890
Description: The N.K. Fairbanks estate, "Butternuts."
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Porter Residence

Date: 1925
Description: The home of Mrs. H.H. Porter.
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Seven Gables Inn

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Description: Exterior view of the Seven Gables Inn with a parked car in the foreground.
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Stove-Wood House

Date: 1920
Description: House built of stove-wood by David Williams in 1848-49.
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Three-Story House

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Description: Classical Revival-style porch and facade. Three-story house with the basement partially above ground.
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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1910
Description: A group portrait of three women and two men outdoors on the steps of the Yerkes Observatory, a facility of the University of Chicago.
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Aram Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Aram Public Library; 404 East Walworth Avenue. The library was opened in 1908 and James Aram funded the library with a gift of $20,000...

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