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Polperro Undergoing Restoration

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s...
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Grignon House and Family

Date: 1896
Description: The house built by Charles A. Grignon between 1837 and 1839 for Mary Meade, his Pennsylvania bride. Mrs. Grignon and her family are standing in front of th...
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Water Tower

Date: 07 1987
Description: "This workman is painting 'Theresa' on the water tower."
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Mayville Photographer

Date: 06 10 1997
Description: "Sporting three cameras, Mayville's famous photographer, Edgar G. Mueller, was photographed as he recorded the cupola restoration on the White Limestone Sc...
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Mayville Photographer

Date: 06 10 1997
Description: "Photographer Edgar G. Mueller of Mayville."
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Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Successful relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Hos...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, preparing the new concrete foundation for the "Blue Dragon Urn," which was relocated from Sid Boyum's backyard to the pu...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, standing by the "Smiling Mushroom" and a new concrete foundation that he poured for the "Blue Dragon Urn." Both sculptur...
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McCormick Mill at Walnut Grove Restoration Project

Date: 09 15 1937
Description: View looking up towards the back of the log mill building, which is built into the side of a hill. There are three small window openings. Two wheelbarrows ...
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McCormick Slave Quarters — Walnut Grove Restoration

Date: 01 1938
Description: Men are standing on scaffolding working on the roof near the top of the chimney. A tree is near the log building on the right, and mountains are in the dis...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View towards side of cabin, which has a door and window opening in the log structure. Scaffolding is set up around the building, and tools and building mat...

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