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Charles Green

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Description: Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard.
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Brisbane House

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Description: William Henry Brisbane house. The house was built between 1868 and 1869 from locally quarried stone for Dr. Brisbane, a physician and Baptist minister. He ...
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Brisbane House

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Description: William Henry Brisbane house. The house was built between 1868 and 1869 from locally quarried stone for Dr. Brisbane, a physician and Baptist minister. He ...
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Winter Landscape with Taliesin in the Distance

Date: 1911
Description: Winter landscape east of Taliesin. Taliesin, the Wisconsin home of Frank Lloyd Wright, is in the distance. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring G...
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Farmhouses Near Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Two farmhouses and the surrounding snowy landscape near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Snow-Covered Road

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene with a snow-covered road and trees near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, with a farmhouse in the distance. Taliesin is located in the...
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Snow-Covered Valley Near Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene of a snow-covered valley near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. The bridge over the Wisconsin River is in the distance. Taliesin is l...
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Stream and Trees in Snow

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene with stream and snow-covered trees, probably near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright dammed the stream to supply water to Talie...
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Pond at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: The pond at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright referred to the pond as a water garden. The pond was created when a stream on the property was...
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Taliesin from the South

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the bedroom wing and terrace of Taliesin, as viewed from the south. Taliesin was the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. The entrance road is in t...
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Southeast Elevation of Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Southeast elevation of Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, including the covered terrace off the dining room. The photograph was possibly made from t...
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Cornish House

Date: 1940
Description: A Cornish home in Mineral Point. In the background is a small hill with trees.
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Cornish Miner's Home

Date: 1930
Description: The home of a Cornish miner in Mineral Point. Houses are on a hill in the background.
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Cornish Miner's House

Date: 1925
Description: View from road looking down slope toward the house of a Cornish miner. Other buildings are in the background on the right.
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Musgrove House

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Description: The Musgrove house and furnace site.
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Polperro House

Date: 1940
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...
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Polperro House

Date: 1945
Description: A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered with siding, but after restoration the siding was...
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Polperro House and Woman

Date: 1940
Description: A woman demonstrating how Shake Rag Street got its name, with the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, behind her. The house was temporarily co...
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Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1870
Description: View over rooftops towards the primitive Methodist Church, which is surrounded by homes.
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Lower Ward School

Date: 1925
Description: Lower Ward School (also called Second Ward School) built in 1867 and used through 1923. It was torn down in 1931.

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