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Flower Garden at 3F Laundry

Date: 09 21 1933
Description: Flower garden at 3F Laundry, 731 East Dayton Street. Shows fence, arbor, birdhouse, and garden chairs.
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Crescent Beach

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of Crescent Beach, with campsite with cabins and miniature golf course and other outbuildings. Downtown buildings can be seen in the backgrou...
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Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: Two young girls looking at the birdcages at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
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Pigeon House

Date: 
Description: View of a tall wood structure with rows of holes, perhaps a pigeon house. A cyclone fence is in front of it, and behind are industrial buildings. In the fa...
Photograph

Cauldron and Shacks

Date: 1920
Description: View of barnyard of crude shacks, a clothesline with clothing, a boiling cauldron, and a washtub with washboard set on a log. Ceramic jugs with holes in th...
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Street Scene with Billboards

Date: 1920
Description: A man stands near the backs of billboards on the left along a street or alley. Power lines lead to the horizon, over what appear to be businesses or indust...
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Bentert Farm

Date: 05 1900
Description: View of the farm buildings of Mrs. H. Bentert. A dog is sitting in a field in the foreground, and three people are standing near the house.
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Group of People in Front of Log Buildings

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Description: Group portrait of a man, woman, and four children posing standing in front of a wooden fence. On the far left is a horse pulling a small buggy, a young gir...
Magazine or Periodical

The American Velocipede

Date: 1886
Description: Engraved image from a sketch by Theodore Davis showing four men bicycling.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 55-61

Date: 
Description: Way back in the soft center of hard times
did not their resistance to change in the sentiment
make some sense

What could take the place of the...
Photograph

Krueger Family Farm

Date: 1908
Description: View across field from the south east of the Krueger farm, which includes farm buildings, fences, a farmhouse and a windmill.
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Driftless Farmyard

Date: 05 2014
Description: View up sloping edge of a farmyard. In the foreground is an open gate, a birdhouse on a post, and rock outcroppings. Along the fence in the background are ...
Postcard

Annex and Pavilion, Hotel Interlocken, Beaver Lake

Date: 
Description: View across lawn towards the annex and pavilion. A large birdhouse is on a tall pole in the lawn in front. Caption reads: "Annex & Pavilion, Hotel Interloc...
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From the Balcony in Winter

Date: 01 09 2015
Description: View looking down at snow covering a yard. There are bushes, plants and a bird bath in the center. In the background on the left is a fence, as well as a b...

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