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Brillion News Building

Date: 1900
Description: View from street towards the Brillion News building. A man and two women are posed in the doorway at the corner of the building.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Fire Damage

Date: 1904
Description: Interior damage to the Wisconsin State Capitol following the fire of 1904. The original photomount had the annotation: "Where my desk stood at the time of ...
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Railway Passenger Depot

Date: 1904
Description: A railway passenger depot designed by H.P. Padley.
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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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First Floor of State Historical Society Building

Date: 1900
Description: View of south stairway and elevator on the first floor of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building.
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Man with Deer and Fish

Date: 1900
Description: Man posed at door of a hunting lodge with guns, deer carcass, and two Northern pike.
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Local-Option Election

Date: 02 1908
Description: A view of the crowds at an election. The crowd, mostly women, stand in front of the post office. A sign says "God Made the Water." Printed below the image:...
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Congregational Church

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Congregational Church, featuring the church building with arched windows, an arched entrance, a chimney, and a bell tower.
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Advent Church

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Advent Church, featuring the church building situated next to a dwelling in the background. A sidewalk and fence are in the foreground...
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German Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the front and side of the German Methodist Evangelical Church, which is a simple building with arched windows, a chimney, and wooden steps...
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Old Capitol at Williamsburg

Date: 1907
Description: View of the Old Capitol at Williamsburg during the Jamestown Exposition. Signs advertise, "Colonial Virginia, Accurately Reproduced, Smith's Adventures Wi...
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Slinger Grade School

Date: 05 15 1902
Description: Students of the Slinger Grade School, pictured with their teachers, Miss Margaret O'Connell who taught grades one through five, and Mr. H.T. White who taug...
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1903
Description: Miss Konig's kindergarten class. Students in this photograph include: Roland Heismann, Ewald Bierger, Alfred Krueger, Lawrence Margwardt, Irvin Krueger, Jo...
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St. Kilian Catholic Church

Date: 1907
Description: View of a church and neighboring dwellings. A field is in the foreground. Caption reads: "St. Kilian Cath. Church."
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen poses, seated in a chair, and his wife stands next to him on the left. They appear to be reading papers which Edward is holding. Behind the...
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Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen at home, wearing a smoking jacket with quilted collar and cuffs. He is sitting in a wide doorway, hanging with tasseled draperies, holding ...
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James Davidson in an Office

Date: 11 1907
Description: Three men are sitting in an office around a large desk with stacks of books, papers and a telephone. They men are wearing suits, ties and watch fobs, and ...
Postcard

James G. Dunn Grocery

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right.

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Fargo Library

Date: 1900
Description: A cyanotype print of the Lorenzo Dow Fargo Library under construction. Workmen are positioning roof trusses for the Gothic revival building. The stonework...
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Junior Booster Club

Date: 1908
Description: Group portrait of nine young men, in coats and hats, standing together on a sidewalk in front of the entrance to a building. Caption reads: "Junior Booster...

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