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Iceboats

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Description: Iceboats at Williams Bay on Lake Geneva.
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Williams Bay Depot

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Description: Elevated view of passengers arriving on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train at the Williams Bay station. Many automobiles are parked near the depot, ...
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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Buena Vista House

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Description: View of the hotel from across the street through trees and a fence. The hotel was later called the Cobblestone Inn. A small building on the left near the h...
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Buena Vista House

Date: 1940
Description: View across street towards the inn, with three cars parked in front. There is a "Chicken & Steak Dinner" sign, as well as a "Schlitz" beer sign. The cobbl...
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Bird's-Eye View of Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1950
Description: Bird's-eye view of Yerkes Observatory.
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Two-Story Garage

Date: 1919
Description: Wood and shingle two car garage of E.M. Willoughby. A car can be seen through the open door.
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East Troy House

Date: 07 1925
Description: This substantial wooden hotel in the classical revival style has a large wing in the rear and another on the right. A wrap-around porch unifies the buildin...
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Marjorie Quinney's Checkered Coat

Date: 1910
Description: Marjorie Quinney, Richard Quinney's aunt, wearing a stole and a checkered coat, standing behind a Model-T Ford on the family farm with sheds in background.
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Family Gathering at the Reynolds' Farm

Date: 1912
Description: Family portrait taken in the yard of the Reynolds' farm with a Model T-Ford in the background. Left to right: Marjorie Quinney, William Henry Reynolds, Flo...
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Driving in Delavan

Date: 1920
Description: View of a tree lined dirt road from the passenger seat of a Ford Model T, including hood ornament.
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Floyd Quinney Takes a Picture

Date: 1926
Description: Floyd Quinney focusing his Kodak Autographic on a suburban street.
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Driving to High School

Date: 1950
Description: Richard Quinney posing on the first day of the school year. He is sitting in the driver's seat of a Chevrolet truck in front of his family's farmhouse.
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White Memorial Library

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the facade of White Memorial Library and the Birge Fountain. Construction of the neo-classical style library was funded by Mary Flavia White. The...
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1905
Description: View from street toward the facade and right side of the neoclassical structure. Four columns support the two-story porch. A semi-circular opening is in th...
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Raising the Flag

Date: 1932
Description: Two unidentified girls pose holding an American flag at base of a flagpole at Lauderdale Lake School. There is a large barn in the background and a car is ...
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High Jump

Date: 1932
Description: A boy is caught mid-air in his approach to the high jump. Many other children and adults watch. One man identifiable by the "W" on his sweater is a student...
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Rhythm Band

Date: 05 1931
Description: Members of the rhythm bands from the Woods and Fontana state graded schools pose outdoors holding their instruments. The children in the front row and on t...
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Honey Creek School

Date: 1932
Description: An automobile is parked near the entrance to Honey Creek School, District No. 1. The school is a sturdy brick structure with raised basement and hip roof. ...
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Health Parade

Date: 05 29 1930
Description: School children are lined up four abreast on the sidewalk; alternate rows carry signs or flags promoting milk. Each child also wears a head band with "HEAL...

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