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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of School for the Deaf. School also called State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Walker Hall, which is on the right, was added to the school... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of buildings through barren trees. There are patches of snow on the ground. Caption reads: "County Buildings, Elkhorn, Wis". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | John Philbrick Webster House. Built in 1836, the building served as the federal land grant office and courthouse. The composer Joseph Philbrick Webster use... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The Ceylon Building and its pier as seen from Lake Geneva. Originally built for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the building was later purchas... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across grounds towards the Northwestern Naval and Military Acadamy. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The estate known as "Snug Harbor" built by George Sturges in 1884 and owned by the Sturges family until about 1908. In the driveway in front is a child in ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l... |
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| Description: | Exterior view from road of the White Memorial Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Flavia White. Above the main ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the White Memorial Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Flavia White. Bottom of photograph read... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the main building at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. The building is surrounded by a lawn and a grove of trees. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the south face of Wadsworth Hall. A flag flies from the pediment. A large lawn with shrubs and trees is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the west porch of Wadsworth Hall with wicker tables and chairs. There are papers on the table in the foreground and houseplants against the far wal... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the north front of Wadsworth Hall. A large garden is visible in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi... |
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