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Hollywood Beach Hotel

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Description: Exterior of the Hollywood Beach Hotel in Hollywood, Florida with of six men and a woman on the balcony and on the sidewalk. The hotel exterior features orn...
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NY College of Pharmacy, Class Portrait

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1890, NY College of Pharmacy.
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Surveying Fire Damage in the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1904
Description: The remains of a second floor corridor in the North Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27-28, 1904. This photograph docum...
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Racine Roundhouse

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Description: The locomotive "D.K. Bush," which was built in the Racine shops of the Western Union Railroad in 1879, the same year in which the line came into the posses...
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Tunnel at Tunnel City

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
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Fair Housing March

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Description: March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right.
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Thordarson Library with Fireplace

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library featuring a massive fireplace with two men posing on either side of it. The building is of stone, with arched windo...
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Parade on Main Street

Date: 1899
Description: View of a marching band parading beneath a decorated arch on Main Street. Onlookers line both sides of the street. American flags are flying over the road ...
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Elisha D. Smith Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Elisha D. Smith Library. The library opened in 1898 funded with a gift of $20,000 from E.D. Smith. Over the main entrance, a...
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Mabel Tainter Memorial Library. The library opened in 1891 and was funded by a $95,000 gift from Captain & Mrs. A. Tainter. Detailed c...
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Group Portrait of Police Officers

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Description: Group portrait of police officers standing and others seated in front of the Police Station.
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West State Street

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Description: View of the West State Street business district. A metal archway with electric lights is over the street. The bank building on the left side of the street ...
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Porch at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: View from grounds toward patients sitting on the porch of the rotunda at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. A nurse stands near ...
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Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Colunteer Infantry at the Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 09 07 1917
Description: Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Camp Randall, members of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (the mostly Scandinavian unit commanded by Colo...
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Westward-Ho Hotel Native American Doorman

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Description: A Native American doorman stands at the street entrance of the Westward-Ho Hotel. View features an archway entrance, an automobile, and a woman standing to...
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Hermit's Rest

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Description: A man sits beside the stone fireplace at Hermit's Rest. The build features a ceiling arch, chairs, and stone flooring.
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Crowd Entering Bull Fighting Ring

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Description: A crowd of men and women in formal attire stands in front of a bullfight stadium. The building features an arched entryway, a balcony, advertisements on th...
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Old St. Louis Hotel Slave Block

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Description: A man and a woman stand in front of archways at the Old St. Louis Hotel Slave Block. The woman points to something overhead.
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State Normal School

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Description: Exterior of the State Normal School at Stevens Point, which opened in 1894. The main entrance is flanked by columns and a central cupola, along with a row ...
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Circus Performers in Front of the Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1908
Description: Circus performers posed in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society, then known as the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

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