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Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Lake Geneva

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lake Geneva, looking southwest, with insets of points of interest.
Photograph

H. Sveren Farm

Date: 
Description: H. Sveren farm with the family standing in the foreground and a dog, farm buildings and fences in the background. A line of trees is behind the farmhouse o...
Photograph

School for the Deaf — Exterior

Date: 1893
Description: Exterior view of the main building of the State School for the Deaf.
Photograph

Reverend H.A. Preus and Family

Date: 1873
Description: Reverend H.A. Preus and his family pose seated outdoors in front of the Spring Prairie parsonage.
Postcard

County Line Motel in Darien

Date: 1960
Description: County Line Motel on U.S. Highway 14 and Wis. 11.
Postcard

Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards cabins on the shore of Delavan Lake, with three women standing near the base of a pier. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Delavan Lake, ...
Postcard

Highland Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Highland Hotel on Delavan Lake. Caption reads: "The Highland hotel, Delavan lake, Delavan, Wis."
Postcard

Delavan High School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the high school. Caption reads: "High School Delavan Wis."
Postcard

Delavan Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of library with unfinished landscaping. Houses are further down the street on the left. A sign attached to a tree reads: "S Fourth St." Caption re...
Postcard

Lake Lawn Hotel

Date: 
Description: View of the hotel across the grounds and through trees. Caption reads: "The New Hotel, Lake Lawn, Delavan Lake, Delavan, Wis."
Postcard

Lake Lawn Hotel Near the Shore

Date: 
Description: View of the lake-side of the hotel. The hotel porch and balcony is on the far left, and beyond are smaller buildings among trees. The lake is on the right....
Postcard

Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1910
Description: View of the main building, with a lightpost in the foreground. A sign on the building reads: "Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf & Dumb." Caption reads: "...
Photograph

School for the Deaf

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of School for the Deaf. School also called State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Walker Hall, which is on the right, was added to the school...
Print

Seymour Brooks Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Downtown East Troy with the Seymour Brooks residence. Caption reads: "Res. of Seymour brooks, Sec 4 Fast Troy TP Wis Breeder of Derham Cattle American Meri...
Photograph

Buena Vista House

Date: 1895
Description: View from road of the Buena Vista House. There is a utility pole in front with many wires attached. This Greek revival inn was erected in 1843 by Samuel R....
Print

Nelson Catlin Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated illustration of a farmhouse, with fences around it, a cowboy on horseback overseeing cattle, and a horse-drawn carriage on the street in front of ...
Drawing

W.H. Conger Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of a farmstead with multiple pine trees. A road is in foreground with a carriage driven by two horses, and a man in the carriage. A dog runs in front ...
Photograph

Elkhorn County Buildings Through Trees

Date: 1910
Description: View of buildings through barren trees. There are patches of snow on the ground. Caption reads: "County Buildings, Elkhorn, Wis".
Drawing

B.B. Davis Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of an estate covered with various plants and trees. Two people stand on a sidewalk in front of the distant estate, looking towards it. Two horses dra...

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