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Taliesin

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of Frank Lloyd Wright's residence, Taliesin, from the southeast, emphasizing the broad overhangs and horizontal lines of the structure. Holly...
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Vine-Covered Birdhouse

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Description: Man standing near Purple Martin birdhouse on a tall post, near a border of flowering bushes. There are houses in the background.
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Hiram Smith Hall

Date: 1906
Description: View from edge of road of dairy building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A stone and timber, Queen Anne-style structure of wood beams and st...
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Entrance to Taliesin

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Description: The entrance to Taliesin showing a driveway with a roofed entrance. Flowers and plants border the drive. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Gree...
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Syl and Aunt Helen under Willow Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen stand underneath a willow tree. Octagon Cottage is in the background to the right and wildflowers are in the foreground. The edge of the...
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card featuring a view of a mining town with smokestacks, gravel piles, houses, large buildings and distant mountains. Surrounding the ph...
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Country Home

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Description: View of a country home with landscaped yard.
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The Elms

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Description: A group of adults and children sit on the porch of The Elms, a two-story house with an American flag flying from the porch roof. Tree stumps are in the fr...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: Elevated view looking along the front of the Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. Two automobiles are on the driveway near steps leading to the ground fl...
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Courthouse and Jail

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Description: View of the Green Lake County Courthouse and Jail. Two children stand on the steps of the jail, built in 1869. The courthouse, built in 1863, is on the rig...
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Saint Bonaventure High School

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Description: View of Saint Bonaventure High School, built in 1877. Trees and potted flowers are on the lawn in front of the building.
Postcard

Train Making a Stop at the Breed Station

Date: 1943
Description: Photographic postcard of a train stopped at the Chicago & North West railroad station. A small group of people stand in the grass waiting beside the tracks...
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Larson's Teal Lake Resort

Date: 1938
Description: An automobile is driving up the drive towards a two-story white wood-sided building with flower planters under the windows and a field stone chimney on the...
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Creamery

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Description: View from road of the exterior of the creamery. The main building features a gable roof, a cupola, two chimneys, as well as a garden in front. There are th...
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Cottage on the Oyster Pond

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Description: View of a cottage separated from Oyster Pond by fences and an unpaved road.
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Nemours

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Description: View of Nemours, one of the palatial estates of the Alfred I. du Pont (1864-1935) family built between 1909-1910 by Smyth and Son. Side lawn paths frame a ...
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Neighborhood

Date: 1915
Description: View of a group of similarly designed houses in a residential area. There are railroad tracks on the right.
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
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Drummond Store

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior three-quarter length view of a large two-story building with one chimney. There are two main entrances with steps leading up to the doorways of wh...
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William Wills Homestead

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the William Wills homestead. The family, including a dog, is standing around the front porch. One young girl is standing inside the house ...

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