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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
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American House

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Description: Two men are sitting in a carriage in front of a Madison hotel known as both the Flom Hotel and the American House. The Flom Hotel, built in 1865, was locat...
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"McCormick Day" at Fountain City

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of people, horses, and wagons gathered in the center of Fountain City to celebrate McCormick Day. Scherer's Hotel is at left. The event was o...
Postcard

Hoo Hoo Club Hotel

Date: 04 24 1910
Description: The Hoo Hoo Club Hotel, a lumbermen's social organization. Two men are standing near a man driving a sled carrying milk cans pulled by two horses in front ...
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Park House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Park House Hotel (called the Commercial House before 1888), which burned down in 1892. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle on the l...
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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a top-buggy posing with a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Man on Horse

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Description: Man posing on a horse in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Man Posing with Horse

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Description: Man posing with a draft horse, probably a Clydesdale, in front of the Merchants Inn. There were many draft stallions, English Shire, Clydesdale, Norman Per...
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Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching elephants in a circus parade. In the foreground are power lines and telephone poles.
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Angier House

Date: 1925
Description: Men with horses and buggies pose in front of a three-story wooden building identified as the Angier House by a sign painted on the clapboards. Women look o...
Drawing

Sauganash Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of an older illustration of the Sauganash Tavern, located on Lake Street in Chicago near Market. It was "built in 1831 by Mark Beaubien, who claimed...
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Two Women on Lawn of Large Estate

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Description: Two women pose on the lawn in front of a large estate. The building, with a large, wrap-around porch, and clock tower, was probably used as a resort or hot...
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Dankoler with Horse-Drawn Carriage

Date: 09 1910
Description: Three men are in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Dillon Hotel where a man and woman look on from the front porch. The group is preparing to leave fo...
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Manure Spreaders on Display in Town

Date: 03 15 1911
Description: View down street of large group of men in small town with over 15 manure spreaders on display. On the left near an intersection is a firehouse with a tower...
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Surrey

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Description: Using a surrey as a taxi for a resort hotel, a man poses in the covered carriage in front of a tree. The city of Howey was founded in 1925, but its name ch...
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Men with Wagon Outside Abbey Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: Man seated atop a horse-drawn wagon in the snow outside the "Abbey Hotel." Another man stands on the left near the wagon.
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D.W. Corning Groceries on Street Corner

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Description: Panoramic view of a street corner. Commercial buildings are along the street on the left, including D.W. Corning Groceries. A large group of people are on ...
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The Ocean House Hotel

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of the Ocean House hotel with men, women, and children posing in front of it. Another group of people are standing on the third story balcony...
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: The back of the pictorial map titled Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. 14 panels of text and photo...
Postcard

Hotel Donnelly

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Hotel Donnelly. Men are standing and visiting on the porch. A sign on the corner reads: "Hotel & Livery." Horse-drawn vehicles...

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