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Philip Fox Residence

Date: 1910
Description: Dr. and Mrs. Philip R. and Katherine B. Fox residence at 28 West Wilson Street, corner of South Carroll Street. The house was constructed of Milwaukee bric...
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Impoverished African American Children

Date: 02 25 1915
Description: Five impoverished and disheveled-looking African American children sitting on the ground near their home. Original caption reads: "These five little Negro ...
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Residential Construction Site

Date: 11 02 1918
Description: Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H...
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Construction of "Borrow Pit"

Date: 02 22 1919
Description: Workers using a steam shovel to dig a "borrow pit" for the no. 2 mine. The shovel is loading soil onto a rail car on a narrow gauge railroad track. Benham ...
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Potowatomi Joe Wisconsin

Date: 1911
Description: Joe Wisconsin, a Potowatomi Indian, grandson of Sheboygan war chief Pa-mob-a-mee. Wisconsin was born at Sheboygan Falls about 1833 and is known to have be...
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Frederick Karberg House

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Frederick Karberg house located at 25 North Blair Street. The house was later moved to the corner of East Johnson and North Livingston...
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Stacy Apiaries

Date: 1916
Description: Stacy Apiaries with beehives in the foreground and a house and people in the background.
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Iowa and Wisconsin Beekeepers

Date: 05 19 1914
Description: A group portrait of Iowa and Wisconsin beekeepers in the woods with houses in the background.
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Taliesin I Courtyard Looking Southwest

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I courtyard looking southeast toward living room wing from the hayloft.
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Esterly School

Date: 1910
Description: Esterly School, formerly George Esterly's residence.
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Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Date: 1918
Description: The Holy Redeemer Catholic Church Parish House, 124 West Johnson Street.
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Petherick Sharp House

Date: 1910
Description: Petherick Sharp house, between Token Creek and Sun Prairie. Occupied by the Thompson family in the 1930s. William J. Petherick is standing in front of th...
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Views of Stewart, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Views of Stewart, Wisconsin (otherwise known as Postville or York Township) near Monroe, Dane County. Stewart post-office was established November 12, 186...
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609 North Lake Street

Date: 1910
Description: 609 North Lake Street, built in 1896 for J. Morgan Clements. From 1904-1909 it served as the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house. The Alpha Sigma Phi frater...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Lamp House

Date: 04 30 1913
Description: Newspaper photograph of the Robert Lamp home, 22 North Butler Street, built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, and hidden in the center of one of Madison's upt...
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Lamp House

Date: 1912
Description: The Robert Lamp house, 22 North Butler Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. A man wearing a coat and hat is standing at the front right corne...
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Langdon Street

Date: 1910
Description: A view looking southwest down the 100 block of Langdon Street. Visible at left center is Chief Justice John B. Winslow's residence, 131 Langdon. The flag ...
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1910
Description: An elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View, Marshfield, Wis."
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Suhr Residence

Date: 1914
Description: The John J. Suhr residence, 121 Langdon Street, built in 1886 for immigrant John J. Suhr, Sr. (1836-1901), who in 1871 founded the German-American Bank, la...
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Lighty House

Date: 1915
Description: The Lighty house, the home of W.H. Lighty. Left to right: Paul, Harold, Russell, and W.H. Lighty. The house is on the Highlands rural delivery route numb...

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