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Old Mission Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of the Old Mission Inn on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Dwelling to the left is a portion of the lower dormit...
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State College Dormitory

Date: 1910
Description: View from road toward the dormitory. Caption reads: "Dormitory at State Normal, Superior, Wis."
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Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of "Long House," one of the buildings in the experimental communal colony of the Fourierites. Caption reads: "The 'Long House,' home of the Fourierite...
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Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of "Long House," one of the buildings in the experimental communal colony of the Fourierites.
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Long House, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: The "Long House," Ceresco.
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior of dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The first hall of this name; it was later razed to make way for a larger dormitory of...
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a lawn and trees in front of wide steps leading to a long front porch.
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Cots in Armory

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of rows of cots in the Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dormitory installed in Men's Gym. A raise...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: An interior view of the girls' dormitory of Pythian Orphans' Home. Beds are lined up on both sides of the room, and draped arches lead into more rooms in ...
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Game of Pool

Date: 1911
Description: Forest Middleton, left, prepares a pool shot while his opponent looks on. They are playing on a portable pool table in Forest's room. Photographs, cigar ad...
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Portrait of Household Employees in front of Green Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: A group of three women and a girl, household employees at Island Lodge, standing in front of Green Cottage. Built in 1901, this cottage is where the cook a...
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Sterling Court, University of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of Sterling Court. Handwritten on postcard are Varsity Apt's, Chadbourne Hall girls dormitory, and sorority signs marking buildings along the...
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Stirling [sic] Court and Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View up Sterling Court towards Chadbourne Hall, which is marked with a handwritten "X." Sorority houses, also identified by handwriting, are on both sides ...
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Emerson Hall

Date: 10 26 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Emerson Hall, Beloit, Wis." The Tudor Revival building was constructed in 1897 as a dormitory for women. It is built of brick with ma...
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Hillside Home Building

Date: 01 25 1913
Description: The first building built for the Hillside Home School, 4 miles from Spring Green. Exterior view of the Hillside Home Building, a shingle style building, de...

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