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Garden of "The House Next Door"

Date: 07 19 1933
Description: Garden of Ralph Warner's "The House Next Door," aka the Lovejoy-Duncan House, 11219 N. Webster Street.
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Family Grouped around Table by House

Date: 1879
Description: A family is grouped around a table, including a man with a top hat, two dolls on the ground between two small girls and a woman holding a closed fan. Behin...
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People in front of House with Statue

Date: 1876
Description: Two men, two women are posing in front of a frame house that has a chair, sofa, table and a small white statue on its front porch. There are three doors an...
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Martin's Tavern

Date: 1910
Description: View of Leonard Martin's Tavern in Chamberlain, with large Martin house in front.
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Haney House

Date: 1925
Description: Berry Haney house, located about a mile east of Cross Plains. The stone portion of the house was built in 1840.
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Townsend House

Date: 1870
Description: Townsend House and grounds with elaborate birdhouse in foreground.
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Bluebird House

Date: 2001
Description: Bluebird house at the Quinney farm.
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Wren House

Date: 2001
Description: Wren house on a tree at the Quinney farm.
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Frank Johns Farm

Date: 1931
Description: Farm of Frank Johns of Hastings, Florida. Two men wearing hats are standing among stacks of filled burlap bags. There is a birdhouse on the right atop a lo...
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Madison Vocational School Homecraft Program

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: An unidentified man sits at a jig saw making a bird house while receiving instruction in woodworking as a participant in the Madison Vocational School home...
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Cauldron and Shacks

Date: 1920
Description: View of barnyard of crude shacks, a clothesline with clothing, a boiling cauldron, and a washtub with washboard set on a log. Ceramic jugs with holes in th...
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Liberty Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Small shack on shore of Little Spider Lake. Sign over door reads: "The Compleat Angler." There is a shelter made of birch tree trunks that has a birdhouse ...
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Wilbur La Bounty, Paralyzed Homecrafter Making Bird Houses

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: He is Wilbur La Bounty, paralyzed homecrafter, making bird houses. He is sitting before a work table with a jig saw and his completed 12 log cabin-style bi...
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Neighborhood House Boys Club Woodworking

Date: 1926
Description: Group of boys working on various woodworking projects: sawing, hammering, and marking. A man in a shirt and tie is talking to one of the boys in the backgr...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 55-61

Date: 
Description: Way back in the soft center of hard times
did not their resistance to change in the sentiment
make some sense

What could take the place of the...
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Henry and Maria Getto with Their Extended Family

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Description: Group portrait of men, women, and children posing outdoors. The men are wearing suits and the women are wearing dresses (mostly short sleeved and mid-calf ...
Postcard

Lincoln Avenue, Assembly Park

Date: 1952
Description: Hand-colored photographic postcard of a house-lined street leading down to a lake. Flowers, bushes and trees are planted along the curb. Caption reads: "Li...
Postcard

Annex and Pavilion, Hotel Interlocken, Beaver Lake

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Description: View across lawn towards the annex and pavilion. A large birdhouse is on a tall pole in the lawn in front. Caption reads: "Annex & Pavilion, Hotel Interloc...
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Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve

Date: 11 28 2014
Description: A wooden sign sitting in a snow-covered field which reads: "Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve." It includes two images of trees, and on the bottom right is th...
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The Judkins Family

Date: 1930
Description: Cora Judkins, kneeling, posing with her four daughters sitting in front of her. They are, from left, Bonnie, Leonore Judkins Middleton, Juanita and Blanche...

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