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J.A. Taylor Steamer #1

Date: 1905
Description: Fire department steamer #1 fire engine, named after hotel proprietor J.A. Taylor.
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Weber Works Employee

Date: 1917
Description: Male office worker, possibly the factory superintendent, posing in front of the office door of International Harvester's Weber Works.
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Central High School Entrance

Date: 12 09 1933
Description: View of the Central High School entrance arch at 214 Wisconsin Avenue. Ivy is growing around the entrance, and is obscuring the carved letters of "High Sch...
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Front Entrance of "The House Next Door"

Date: 07 19 1933
Description: Front entrance to Ralph Warner's "The House Next Door," aka the Lovejoy-Duncan House, 11219 N. Webster Street, surrounded by vegetation.
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium — Sun Porch

Date: 04 27 1931
Description: Lake View TB Sanitarium sun porch.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 01 15 1929
Description: Finished face brickwork at opening F-31 looking northeast.
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Entrance to Madison Vocational School

Date: 02 18 1930
Description: View across sidewalk towards the entrance to the Madison Vocational school (downtown Madison Area Technical College), at 211-213 N. Carroll Street.
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Madison General Hospital Entrance

Date: 09 25 1946
Description: Madison General Hospital main entrance, 925 Mound Street.
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Ashland County Jail

Date: 1890
Description: Text on front reads: "Ashland County Jail, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." A young boy standing on the steps near the open door of the a...
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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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Ralph Warner House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the front of Ralph Warner's house.
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Weber Works Office Staff Portrait

Date: 1917
Description: The office staff of International Harvester's Weber Works are posing beneath an American flag in front of the exterior office door. Weber Works produced wa...
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Five Men in Front of Elks Club

Date: 09 11 1948
Description: Five men standing in front of the entrance to the Elks club at 120 Monona Avenue.
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Stoughton Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior view of Stoughton Opera House and City Hall entrance.
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International Model E Truck in Snow

Date: 1914
Description: Man driving an International Model E truck through snow on road in urban residential area. The truck was operated by the Bunck & Agerbeck company whose ser...
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The Daniel Boone Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the entrance to the Daniel Boone Tavern, possibly from 1920.
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Dunham School

Date: 1946
Description: Hand-colored photograph of Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. The building is built of brick and has a bell tower, with a ...
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Fort Sumter

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Description: Interior view of Fort Sumter. Two open doors show a staircase in the distance, and two dates, "1776" and "1917" are written on the wall. Construction on ...
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Prisoners at the Washing Well

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Description: Elevated view of prisoners posing by the washing well, in a courtyard. Some of the men wear hats. Wooden doors of a building are on the right. Caption read...
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Church of the Holy Spirit

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Description: View toward the front and right side of the church, with a woman and child standing on the steps in front of the door. The building is mostly stucco, but h...

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