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Myrick Marker

Date: 1942
Description: The Myrick Marker on the Funke Candy factory placed by the La Crosse Chapter, D.A.R. to mark the site of the first house built in La Crosse in 1842 by Nath...
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Saratoga Monument

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Description: Ground level view of the Saratoga Monument, a brick obelisk framed by trees.
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Statue of Nathan Hale

Date: 1914
Description: A bronze statue at Yale College honoring Nathan Hale. The ivy covered brick wall of Connecticut Hall fills the background of the photo.
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Longfellow Monument and Square

Date: 1920
Description: Close-up of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow monument and the surrounding cobbled square. Installed in 1888 and sculpted by Franklin Simmons, the monument f...
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Statue of Pocahontas

Date: 1922
Description: Close-up of a statue of Pocahontas located in the oldtown area of the city. Installed in 1922, and sculpted by William Ordway Partridge, the bronze statue...
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St. John's Church

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Description: View of the church from the cemetery, which has a large monument. A clergyman stands in the doorway of the church. The building is brick, with vines traili...
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Mowrer-Cole Wedding

Date: 04 28 1939
Description: The wedding of journalist Richard Scott Mowrer of the "Chicago Daily News" (hat in hand) and Rosemund Emily Cole in Rome, Italy. Mowrer had just been expel...
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Soldiers' Monument, Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: A civil war soldiers' monument stands in on the courthouse ground surrounded by a circular walkway and trees. Several buildings are visible behind the mon...
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Soldiers' Monument in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: View of the Civil War Soldiers' Monument. The monument on the courthouse grounds is surrounded by a walkway and trees.
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City Hall in Library Park

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of two-story city hall in Library Park. It features a bell tower and mansard roof. There is a plaque mounted over the doorway just below the roof....
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Scene at Park — Water Fountain

Date: 1930
Description: Water fountain near city hall at Library Park. There is a water fountain or bubbler on the edge of the fountain. Two men are sitting on separate benches in...
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Monument at City Center

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Description: View of Masonic Park featuring the Erie Canal and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, dedicated in 1909. The Empire House can be seen at left, constructed i...
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World War Monument and County Clerk's Office

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Description: View of a World War I Monument outside of the County Clerk's Office. To the left of the colonnaded Clerk's Office, the Old Courthouse, built in 1895, can ...
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Town Hall and First Congregational Church

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Description: View of Branford Town Hall and First Congregational Church, two Greek Revival buildings are located near a monument. The town hall was built in 1857 and f...
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Residential Street Scene

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Description: View down a residential street with 'Cape Cod' architecture. The Pilgrim Monument, built between 1907 and 1910, looms in the background.
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Swingli House

Date: 1925
Description: Outside the Swingli House, near a memorial for the first New Glarus settlers.
Painting

"Park" Columbus, Wis.

Date: 1911
Description: View along dirt path in a park. There is a soldier's monument in the background just beyond trees, and a brick building on the left.
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Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
Description: Raymond Sivesind, director of the sites and markers program of the State Historical Society, as a speaker in the dedication and unveiling ceremony, stands ...
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Armory

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Armory, Superior, Wis." Corner view of a four-story brick building surrounded by trees. Displayed on the lawn are two cannons and a m...
Postcard

Memorial Park

Date: 1927
Description: Text on front reads: "Memorial Park, Watertown, Wis." A memorial park with a brick and stone arch, balustrades and columns. There are planters with flowers...

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