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Golfing at Villa Louis

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Description: A man and woman golf on the west lawn of Villa Louis. They are probably members of the Dousman family.
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Villa Louis Tea

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: Eudora Kolowinski, from Prairie du Chien, Miss Crawford County, and Bevery Johnston, Ferryville, Miss Villa Louis, in formal dress, stand in front of the p...
Photograph

Dousmans and Friends Playing Cards

Date: 1898
Description: Group of twelve people, including Nina Dousman, gathered around a table outdoors, with a fountain spouting water in the background. Four people play cards ...
Postcard

Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Colorized postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A man sits on a wagon chassis. He is wearing an ethnic costume. Various buildings are visible surrounded by...
Photograph

Taliesin I Courtyard

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I courtyard from the "brow" of the hill looking toward the entry loggia. A young girl on a horse is talking to a young boy under the porte-cochere...
Photograph

Allenton Firemen's Picnic Parade

Date: 1996
Description: "Evangeline Koll and Arlene Beck ride the float in the Allenton Firemen's Picnic Parade."
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Replica of Solomon Juneau's House

Date: 1996
Description: Replica of Solomon Juneau's house in Theresa Parade. Juneau is credited with founding the town.
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Camp Randall Historic Marker

Date: 10 28 1961
Description: The dedication ceremony of the Camp Randall historical marker was part of the halftime entertainment of the Wisconsin versus Ohio State football game. Gove...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Delavan's Circus Colony Historic Marker

Date: 08 09 1963
Description: Gordon Yadon, a member of the Mabie Brothers circus tent, and Mary Lou Lawrence, aerialist and trapeze artist, reading the historical marker documenting De...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Green Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Green Parlor, with a mannequin of a man in period dress sitting in a chair. Text on reverse reads: "The Green Parlor or sitti...
Photograph

17th-Century Plow

Date: 01 1960
Description: A man in hat and glasses is unpacking boxes. In the foreground on top of a box is a sculpture of a plowing scene. Original caption reads: "17th-century plo...
Photograph

Heritage Days

Date: 1977
Description: Two women are standing and admiring quilts hanging on a clothesline at a show or fair at Villa Louis.
Postcard

World's First Snowmobile

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse reads: "World's First Snowmobile, Sayner, Wisconsin. Invented in 1924 by Carl Eliason of Sayner (pictured). This machine is liquid cooled, ...
Photograph

Woman at Villa Louis Entrance

Date: 05
Description: Young woman in a period dress standing at the front entrance of Villa Louis.

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