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Students by Brick High School

Date: 1875
Description: View across wooden platform of a brick high school on a hill surrounded by a fence. The school has a mansard roof and what appears to be a bell tower above...
Postcard

Public School

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior of public school made from stone. A bell tower is on the roof. Caption reads: "Public School, Mt. Vernon, Wis."
Photograph

Prudence Island Lighthouse

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Prudence Island granite lighthouse, established in 1852 and automated in 1972, more commonly known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse. The...
Painting

Farm Painting

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Description: Farm painting of the Pierson Young residence.
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1921
Description: View up hill of two men standing at the entrance of the public school. There is a hand-pump near the entrance, and a bell tower on the roof of the school.
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Evangelical Church. The building features a sign that says: M.E. 1893. There is a lamp over the entrance, a small, lattice-e...
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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...
Photograph

School in Black Hawk

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of a school with a gable roof with bell steeple.
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Brule Schoolhouse

Date: 1937
Description: Large white building with facade details and bell tower.
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High School

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Description: Exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. On the surrounding lawn, there is a ...
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New High School

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Description: The exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. There is a hand-powered well nea...
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Ferry Boat

Date: 1921
Description: View from shoreline looking down at three men posing on a paddle steamer ferry boat carrying an automobile. The boat has the words "Cassville" and "Dewey" ...
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the school, which has a bell tower. The word "boys" is painted on a fence behind the school
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Cornerstone Celebration in Hurley

Date: 07 15 1906
Description: Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch...
Photograph

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 
Description: Exterior of the Methodist Episcopal Church with bell tower and stained glass windows. To the right of the church is a smaller building, and behind the chur...
Photograph

Public School

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Description: View of the public school with two chimneys, a bell tower, and firewood stacked on the porch. The building is reflected in the puddle in the foreground. Be...
Photograph

Church of Uspenanski Bogoroditski

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Church of Uspenanski Bogoroditski. This building also served as an American hospital in Archangel [Arkhangelsk], Russia during the All...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left a group of men are gathered on the sidewalk near a drinking fountain which is in front of a brick building wit...
Photograph

Norweigian Church

Date: 1921
Description: View from unpaved road of the front and right sides of the Norwegian Church, which is a brick building with arched stained glass windows, a belfry and a st...
Photograph

Steuben Public School

Date: 1922
Description: View across yard of the public school, a one-story wood frame L-shaped building on a hill. There are groups of students standing on the stairs at the entra...

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