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South Pediment of Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1920
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol south pediment, with figures representing wisdom, equity, rectitude, executive power, meditation, prudence, calmness and cautio...
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Surveying Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 02 1904
Description: Elevated view of the damage to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol caused by the fire of February 27-28. The statue of "Forward" can be seen...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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Little Stone House

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Description: Sketch of a residential home. Text reads: "'Little Stone House' 1841".
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Capitol Park

Date: 1874
Description: Southeast Gate of Capitol Park. Four stone columns stand along the sidewalk, with statues on top of the two columns in the center, and two columns with str...
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Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches

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Description: Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches.
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Court House

Date: 1874
Description: View from Capital Park towards the United States Court House. There is a stone gateway with iron statues and an iron fence along the sidewalk. The elaborat...
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Farm House on State Highway 49

Date: 1946
Description: Pencil drawing of a farm house between Ripon and Waupun, on State Highway 49. Left gable has a bell on a post on top of it. Features two doorways in front,...
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Mansion Entrance

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Description: Brick home, with stairs flanked by trees and small statues. A balcony is above the entrance.
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Jose Marti Statue

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Description: A view of a statue of Jose Marti with Hotel Inglaterra and Hotel Telegrafo in the background Havanna, Cuba.
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Statue of Franklin Pierce

Date: 1915
Description: A statue of Franklin Pierce in a park plaza surrounded by trees. The capitol building surmounted by the original war eagle statue fills the background.
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Park with Monuments

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Description: A view of five children eating ice cream and a man standing in a park with a number of monuments including a cannon, a flagpole with a stone base and a sta...
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Ely Park Soldiers Monument

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Description: Tall cylindrical Civil War memorial with multiple sculptures in Ely Square in downtown. A wrought iron fence surrounds the monument, trees dot the square a...
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Southern Poets' Monument

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Description: Small monument to southern poets surrounded by benches in a median park on Greene Street. Trees line the street and large stone buildings are in the backgr...
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Rose Garden Gazebo

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Description: A classical-style stone gazebo with a sculpture on a pedestal at the entrance to a rose garden.
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Susquetanna County Court House

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Description: View of Public Avenue leading up to the Susquetanna County Court House and lined with horse-drawn carriages. Caption reads: "Public Avenue, Montrose, PA."
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Speaker and Crowd

Date: 1940
Description: View from across street of a crowd sitting on the porch, lawn and street in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling house) listening to a speaker standing at...
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Monument

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Description: Two statues mark the entrance of the picnic area of Valley Forge National Park. The monuments consist of identical bases and an eagle on top of each column...
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University Church at Fordham University

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Description: View looking down aisle toward the altar. The columns that run the length of the aisle have light fixtures and are decorated with garland. The sanctuary c...
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Grotto at Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church

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Description: View of the grotto of Lourdes on the grounds of the parish house at Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1888. A statue of Mary stands in a niche...

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