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Holy Hill — Kettle Moraine Countryside

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Description: Fall view of Holy Hill on a hilltop, and a dairy farm in the foreground. Caption reads: "Kettle Moraine Countryside, Holy Hill."
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Public Library and City Hall, Independence, Wis.

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Description: View across street towards the public library and City Hall (one building), with a clock tower.
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Carnegie Library

Date: 1926
Description: Colorized postcard view of an ivy-covered library. Caption reads: "Carnegie Library, Janesville, Wis."
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Tobacco Warehouses

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Description: Exterior view of two tobacco warehouses. One of the buildings is almost completely ivy-covered. Caption reads: "Tobacco Warehouses, Janesville, Wis."
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Historical and Art Museum

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Description: Ektochrome view of the museum. Corinthian columns are flanking the entrance, and vines are growing on the columns and facade of the building.
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Public Library

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Description: View of the public library with ivy covered walls. Caption reads: "Public Library, Ladysmith, Wis."
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Speed Boats on Lake Geneva

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Description: Colorized postcard view across water towards two speed boats on Lake Geneva. The trees are in fall color along the shoreline. The name on the speedboats re...
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Fun at the Lake

Date: 1907
Description: An unidentified young woman wearing a white dress is standing on the prow of a skiff watching fifteen children playing in shallow water. A second woman is ...
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High School

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Description: View across street towards the facade of the high school, which has an arched entrance with a bell tower above. Caption reads: "High School, Lake Mills, Wi...
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1908 Wishing You A Happy New Year

Date: 12 26 1907
Description: Holiday greeting postcard with violets and clover in the foreground framing the "1908" date, and at the top is a house and barn on a hill. Text at foot in ...
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We Wish You A Happy New Year

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Description: Holiday greeting postcard with an illustration of a boy and a girl holding a large wishbone decorated with holly and berries. Chromolithograph and embossed...
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Bascom Hall

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Description: Color postcard looking up Bascom Hill towards Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin campus. There is a statue of Lincoln at the top of the hill. Autom...
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Picnic Point

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Description: View of Picnic Point from Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. Autumn color is in the trees.
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Pleasure Drive at Button's Bay, Lake Geneva

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Description: View along road and shoreline, towards a boathouse on the lake among trees with fall colored foliage.
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Tenney Park

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Description: View of the lagoon at Tenney Park with reflections of fall foliage. Caption reads: "Tenney Park, Madison, Wis."
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Pine Lake House

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view of a house from the driveway, which slopes down to the two-story wood frame building. Facing the driveway is an entryway which h...
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Taylor Hall

Date: 08 15 1908
Description: Text on front: "Taylor Hall, Racine College, Racine, Wis." View towards a large building with dormer windows. On the roof is a flagpole flying the American...
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Cottagers on Town Site

Date: 08 31 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Cottigers [sic] on Town Site at Reserve, Wis." A man is standing near the door of the screen porch to his cottage. A kayak paddle is ...
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Rice Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Rice Lake, Wis." On back: "Red Maple on Lake." Autumn view of gold leaves on Birch trees and red leaves on Maple trees reflecting in ...
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Meandering Stream

Date: 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Meandering Stream Near Richland Center, Wis." Elevated view of a stream, probably the Pine River or a tributary, winding through a va...

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