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U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Date: 1890
Description: Slightly elevated view of the members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention and their families standing for a portrait at Mount Vernon.
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First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Council House (First Capitol)

Date: 1870
Description: Council House of the first Wisconsin Territorial Legislature when it met at Belmont in 1836. A young boy or man wearing a hat stands in front near a fence.
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Marker on the site of the Brown County Court House

Date: 1936
Description: Marker on the site of the first Brown County courthouse, the first courthouse in Wisconsin.
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Green Bay Residence

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of home and lawn on a summer day, with a forest in the background and a picket fence in the foreground. The house has a lookout on the roof.
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Tank Cottage in the Spring

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards the front of the cottage. Train cars are in the background. On the original site on the west side of the Fox River, before restora...
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Exterior of the Winterble House

Date: 09 26 1955
Description: Bonnie Kienitz and Freda K. Winterble in front of the Petheridge/Isom/Keystone house, built in 1853. The residence, located at 901 University Bay Drive, i...
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of First Territorial Legislature

Date: 1957
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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Golfing at Villa Louis

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Description: A man and woman golf on the west lawn of Villa Louis. They are probably members of the Dousman family.
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Villa Louis

Date: 1953
Description: Villa Louis, the mansion of Hercules Dousman.
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Villa Louis

Date: 1979
Description: Villa Louis, home of Hercules Dousman.
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Villa Louis

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of Villa Louis on the Mississippi River, and adjacent buildings.
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Museum of Medical Progress

Date: 1962
Description: The Museum of Medical Progress at the site of Fort Crawford military hospital.
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Villa Louis Tea

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: Louis Dousman, great grandson of Hercules Louis Dousman who built the home, is seated on a bench on the lawn with his wife.
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Villa Louis Tea

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: Eudora Kolowinski, from Prairie du Chien, Miss Crawford County, and Bevery Johnston, Ferryville, Miss Villa Louis, in formal dress, stand in front of the p...
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Villa Louis Tea

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: Mrs. W.H. Guest, Madison, dressed in costume, uses the petal strewn pool for a mirror.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: People are sitting on a bench and standing on the lawn surrounding the summer house on Governor Dewey's estate, called Stonefield.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Exterior view of an outbuilding used as an ice house and wine cellar at Governor Nelson Dewey's estate, called Stonefield.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Exterior view of the smokehouse at Governor Nelson Dewey estate, called Stonefield.
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Former Headquarters for General Washington

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Description: View of a home which was once General George Washington's headquarters, with people sitting on benches outside along a sidewalk. There are cannons on the l...
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Historic Stable

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Description: A view of a stable that was used by General George Washington during encampment in the winter of 1777-1778.

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