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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A two-story stone home in a Germanic-Austrian style. A decorative tile is set into the exterior between the windows on the second floor. Caption reads: "19... |
| Date: | 08 15 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front: "Taylor Hall, Racine College, Racine, Wis." View towards a large building with dormer windows. On the roof is a flagpole flying the American... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Engelbright Hotel, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel stands on an unpaved street with a sidewalk in front. A horse and buggy are on the right. T... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Public Library, Ripon, Wis." A one-story brick and stone building with a basement level surrounded by sidewalks. A women is walking a... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Office Ripon College, Ripon Wis." A college building built of stone in 1851 with a steeple and cupola. The building functioned as an ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North Hall, State Normal School, River Falls, Wis." A view of the vine-covered facade and side of North Hall at the State Normal Scho... |
| Date: | 08 27 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "John Brinkman, Sr., Residence, Rozellville, Wis." A two-story dwelling with intricate exterior ornamentation and a cupola. There is a... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on back reads: "Log Chapel dedicated to St. Jude, Apostle, at the terminus of a bridge from which a wayside shrine and World War-I Memorial is viewed.... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A stone Chapel, St. Mary of the Angels has an ornate entrance and a belfry. Decorated steps, a lawn and trees can be seen. |
| Date: | 01 25 1913 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Monroe Street, Looking North, New Holstein, Wis." A white clapboard house, on a corner lot, with a porch and awnings. The neighborhood has ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bethesda Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wis." A group of people in the pavilion at Bethesda Mineral Spring. An American flag is flying at ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Festively dressed passengers posing in an automobile decorated for a parade. A house and trees are in the background. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Central Fire Station, Sheboygan, Wis." Three horse-drawn vehicles are surrounded by uniformed firemen. There is a dog in the buggy to... |
| Date: | 07 31 1924 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Foeste Hotel, Sheboygan, Wis." A corner view of the Foeste Hotel, which has many arched windows, and dormer windows above. An automob... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Journal Square. Fountain by Dick Wiken, Sculptor, Shorewood, Wisconsin." Text on reverse: "Journal Square. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The ... |
| Date: | 08 20 1981 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik. Sister Bay, Door County, Wis. 54234." A goat is standing on the turf covered roof of a r... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Second Ward School, South Milwaukee, Wis." A brick and stone two story schoolhouse with the students posing on the sidewalk in front. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "P.L. Wegner Summer Home. S.T.H. 71. Sparta, Wisc." The Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto aka The Glass Chapel, a concrete structure with a... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto. Little Glass Church ca 1930-1934. Located on Highway 71, 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 27, 9 miles north of S... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto. Ship Bremen 1930. Located on Highway 71, 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 27, 9 miles north of Sparta, WI. One o... |
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