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Countiss Residence

Date: 1911
Description: View across front lawn with curving sidewalk towards an ivy-covered house. There are flower beds along the walkway. Caption reads: "Countiss Residence, Lak...
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Lakeview Inn, Lake Geneva

Date: 1920
Description: View across street toward a hotel and restaurant on a tree-lined street. Caption reads: "Lakeview Inn, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Shores of Geneva Lake

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Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Center Street Looking East

Date: 07 15 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Center Street Looking East, Whitewater, Wis." Homes and trees on a street in a neighborhood. Passengers in an automobile are parked i...
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Normal Lawn

Date: 09 26 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Normal Lawn, Whitewater, Wis." The lawn in front of the Whitewater Normal School. The area is landscaped with trees, shrubs and plant...
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Mr. Branum's Cottage

Date: 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Mr. Branum's Cottage, Lauderdale Lake, Wis." A dwelling with a large porch, surrounded by trees.
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Normal and Lawn

Date: 09 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Normal and Lawn, Whitewater, Wis." Called "Old Main," this building was built in 1868 and destroyed in a fire in 1970. The garden in ...
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Freeman Street, Looking North

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Freeman Street, Looking North, Genoa Junction, Wis." Homes on an unpaved street in a tree-lined, residential neighborhood.
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Elkhorn High School

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Elkhorn, Wis." A three-story school with an arched entrance and belfry. Students are standing on the grounds and many ma...
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The Old Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Log Cabin, Whitewater, Wis." The log cabin was built in 1846 by Norwegian immigrants Gullik Halverson and his wife, Dorothea....
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Hillside Cemetery

Date: 11 14 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Hillside Cemetery, Whitewater, Wis." View of the arched entrance to a cemetery, enclosed by a fence and filled with trees. A small ho...
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Masonic Temple

Date: 11 21 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Masonic Temple, Whitewater, Wis." A view of the facade and side of a Masonic temple. Four columns support the two-story porch on the ...
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Whitewater Hospital

Date: 11 30 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Whitewater Hospital, Whitewater, Wis." A two-story clapboard building with a porch and covered balcony above. A large flower bed is i...
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Hotel Walworth

Date: 08 08 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Walworth, Whitewater, Wis." A multistory hotel with a raised porch and many balconies.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Whitewater, Wis." Ground level view of a church, mostly obscured by mature trees.
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Normal and Lawn

Date: 09 05 1919
Description: Text on front reads: "Normal and Lawn, Whitewater, Wis." Called "Old Main," this building was built in 1868 and destroyed in a fire in 1970. The garden in ...
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Grace Street

Date: 12 31 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Grace Street, Sharon, Wis." A tree-lined, unpaved street with homes on both sides. There are sidewalks and lawns in front of the home...
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The Wayside Inn

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "The Wayside Inn. Walworth, Wis." Also known as the Wayside Hotel, it was built in 1902 of brick with porches on all three levels. A m...
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State Teachers College

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Text on reverse reads: "College Entrance, State Teachers College, Whitewater, Wis." Simplified illustration, based on a photograph, of "Old Main" on the Wh...
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Playgrounds

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "'Playgrounds,' Whitewater, Wis." Two girls, and three boys with a bicycle are in a grass covered playground with swings, slides, sees...

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