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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Frances E. Willard Home

Date: 1900
Description: The home of Frances E. Willard. The image of a bow is printed on the left. Caption reads: "The Francis E. Willard Home, Janesville, Wis."
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Old Carriage House

Date: 02 28 1971
Description: Exterior of exotic-looking Old Carriage House on the northeast edge of Lake Kegonsa in Stoughton. John Williams, a steel magnate from Youngstown, Ohio, use...
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Faville Homestead

Date: 1885
Description: The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Two Men Rake Hay

Date: 1918
Description: Two men work a field of hay with horse-drawn hay rakes.
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: The home of Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin. The building was originally a barn on the estate o...
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Ruth B. Glassow House

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Exterior view from the yard of the house of Professor Ruth B. Glassow at 1635 Norman Way. The house had been a barn on the estate of John R. Commons, a wor...
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Landscape from the Top of Gibraltar Rock

Date: 1909
Description: The view from Gibraltar Rock across farm fields and woods. There are corn shocks in several of the fields. A farm house and outbuildings stand near a pond...
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Stone Barn Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: The Stone Barn Tavern, located about three miles west of Milton. The three cottonwood trees in front of the tavern were brought from Vermont. There are sev...
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Prairie House

Date: 1925
Description: Clothes dry on a line behind the Prairie House Inn north of Monroe. The house has an exposed stone lower level and a porch wrapping around the two sides w...
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Ironton Hotel

Date: 1923
Description: The hotel is set in a grove of trees against a backdrop of rolling hills. There are two chimneys and a belvedere. There is a barn behind with a supply of f...
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Dankoler's House near Humbolt Park

Date: 08 28 1898
Description: Exterior shot of Dankoler's house near Humbolt Park. A house and a barn-like structure are in the background.
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Autumn Farm Scene

Date: 1920
Description: A small farmhouse in the Greek Revival style stands near a field with corn shocks and pumpkins. Large evergreens line the lane, and a barn is in the backgr...
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Motorcycle with Sidecar

Date: 1925
Description: Forest Middleton poses in a sidecar smoking a pipe; the driver of the motorcycle is unidentified. They are parked on West Johnson Street with the Universit...
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Elevated View of Belleville

Date: 1916
Description: Bird's-eye view of town. Fields, with farms and fences, surround the town made up of numerous dwellings and a church.
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M.E. Church

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Description: Exterior of the Methodist Evangelical Church. The building features a gable roof, a bell tower, a steeple, and double front doors. On the left is a house a...
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Bridge and Dam

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Description: Elevated view of a stream with a dam and a bridge. There is a small fenced garden along the water. In the distance is a hillside with houses.
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Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 1930
Description: View from hill of a farm near a pond. There are homes along the far shoreline, and a lake and hills in the far background.

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