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Creamery

Date: 1912
Description: A two-story creamery. The building features an attached garage, tall chimney, and gabled roof.
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Boots Wall, Ernest Truex, Owen Moore, and Mary Pickford in "Caprice"

Date: 1913
Description: Edith Henderson (played by Boots Wall) has her eyes covered by two young men as Jack Henderson (Owen Moore) kisses Mercy Baxter (Mary Pickford) on a bench ...
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Tennis Court

Date: 1912
Description: The tennis court at the Hotz Fish Creek compound is surrounded by a low stone wall and tall posts. Outside the wall at the far left corner of the lawn is a...
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Hotz Garage

Date: 1912
Description: The stone garage and attached tower at the Hotz cottages at the top of Fish Creek Hill. The tower features a stone parapet with wooden railing, as well as ...
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Stone Garage and Tower in Winter

Date: 1913
Description: View of the side of the stone garage and tower at the Hotz family compound at Fish Creek. There is a rustic ladder from the garage roof to the observation ...
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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down unpaved Main Street, with wagons and carts parked near the curb on the left near a building with a sign for a "Garage." Pedestrians are a...
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Ansorge House

Date: 1910
Description: View across front lawn of family posed in yard of house located on S. 3rd Street. Otto Ansorge leans on the bannister of his front porch. An unidentified w...
Photograph

The Shack

Date: 1910
Description: The annotation on the photograph says: "Another picture of the shack - blankets hanging out. Indian Al."

Another version of this photograph is annotated:...

Historical Object

Album Page with Valentine

Date: 1910
Description: An album page featuring a die cut, chromolithograph Valentine's Day card in the shape of an arrow. The greeting "To My Sweetheart" is printed on the card, ...
Photograph

Garage

Date: 08 1917
Description: Vines grow on the walls of a small wood frame building with double doors on the gable end. A sloped concrete slab leads to the doors. A handwritten caption...
Postcard

Salzer Home

Date: 1912
Description: View of the Henry Salzer home, located at the corner of Cass and King Street. It was built in the Prairie School style of architecture. Caption reads: "Sal...
Photograph

Garage and Stable

Date: 1916
Description: Two-story building. The first story is a foundation of stone and the second story is sided with wood. Numerous windows are on both stories, and two dormers...
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Forest Lodge Garage

Date: 1916
Description: Four-stall two-story wood garage with four pairs of folding doors, each door with a six pane window; two doors are folded open. The roof has two dormers an...

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