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Durward's Glen Chapel Entry

Date: 1950
Description: Chapel, from the front path leading to the Gothic-arched doorway. Trees line the left and right of the path. A cross on the roof can seen through the topmo...
Photograph

Station of the Cross in Durwards Glen

Date: 1910
Description: Small wooden structure with what looks to be ventilation grating, obscured by foliage.
Photograph

Old Mission

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Old Mission, as seen from the pier with Old Mission Congregational Church behind it. This Mission was established in 1830 by Fred...
Drawing

Stockbridge Indian Mission

Date: 1899
Description: View of the Stockbridge Indian Mission.
Photograph

Wisconsin Heights, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Elevated view. Caption on negative sleeve reads: "Black Hawk Battlefield. Wis. Heights. Looking N. of E. up valley towards Catholic Church. Mrs. Charles N....
Print

First Congregational Church

Date: 1854
Description: Exterior view of a First Congregational Church.
Photograph

St. Peter's Church

Date: 1940
Description: The first Catholic church in Milwaukee. The structure is shown here after it was moved to the grounds of St. Francis Seminary, St. Francis Wisconsin. It wa...
Photograph

Endres Chapel

Date: 09 1933
Description: Chapel located in Indian Lake Park. It is a small, one-room building. A large cross is on the roof over the entrance, and a fence surrounds the building.
Photograph

Washington's Preaching Site

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Description: The old church where Washington preached to his soldiers, the surrounding area is likely a cemetery. Caption reads: "The Old Church where Washington preach...
Photograph

Ethan Allen House

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Description: View of the Ethan Allen House, built in 1787 and named after Vermont's founder. The courthouse can be seen to its right, originally built in 1836, burned i...
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Top o'Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This mid-20th century tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads,...
Postcard

Boynton Chapel

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Description: Color postcard view of a privately built chapel, decorated in Norwegian style by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton, surrounded by trees.
Postcard

Stonefield

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Description: Elevated color postcard view of Stonefield Village from across the churchyard.
Postcard

Village Church

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Description: Color postcard of the side of the village church at Stonefield. A split-rail fence is in the foreground.
Photograph

Theresa Village Dam

Date: 12 1992
Description: Built in 1916, the Theresa Village Dam has played a large part in the appearance of the Rock River. Dam is pictured in winter.
Map or Atlas

Monroe, Wisconsin : Swiss Cheese Capital of the U.S.A.

Date: 1970
Description: This pictorial map shows illustrations of historical landmarks and events, some of which include the fairgrounds, churches, the courthouse, Turner Opera Ho...
Photograph

Wee White Kirk

Date: 07 2014
Description: View across graveyard towards the Wee White Kirk, which was built in 1865 by settlers from Scotland. The church is located a short distance from Fountain L...
Postcard

Christ Episcopal Church

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Description: Color view of a church built in 1897 of local stone. Located at 9th and Main. National Historical Register.
Photograph

Little Norway

Date: 06 1939
Description: Elevated view of the tourist attraction Little Norway, situated in an idyllic valley, with the stave church in the center and a small house at right. There...

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