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Tour Hostesses

Date: 07 31 1969
Description: Left to right, Zika Bakieff Petersen, Gladys Zimmerman, and Alma Schmidt Petersen pose with the dog, Bamboo, on the porch at Black Point Estate. The three ...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Binder, Estate in Distance

Date: 1900
Description: On the left a man is posing with a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. In the distance across fields and fences is a large estate.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Binder at Estate

Date: 1900
Description: Right side view of a man on horse-drawn binder on the lawn of an estate. A large brick building is in the background. On the left is a fence-lined road wit...
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: View across lawn towards the front of the house at 530 N. Pinckney Street, which was built by Magnus Swenson. By 1922 it was occupied by the Delta Kappa Ep...
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: View from street of the house at 530 N. Pinckney Street, which was built by Magnus Swenson. By 1922 it was occupied by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. ...
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Palmer Mansion

Date: 1925
Description: View from across street towards a worker shoveling a sidewalk in front of the Potter Palmer mansion on North Lake Shore Drive. The three-story granite face...
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: Three-quarter view from street of the Magnus Swenson house at 530 N. Pinckney Street. This house was sold to a fraternity and later demolished.
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: View across lawn towards the Magnus Swenson house at 530 N. Pinckney Street. This house was sold to a fraternity and later demolished.
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Executive Mansion

Date: 1927
Description: View across street towards the house at 130 East Gilman Street, which was built between 1854-1856. Lake Mendota is in the background. The stone building fe...
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Three Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers at Estate

Date: 1900
Description: View across lawn towards two men posing with horse-drawn mowers on the lawn of an estate. A mansion is in the background among trees and shrubs.
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Grignon Mansion

Date: 1947
Description: View from hill looking down across fields at the property of Charles Grignon. Grignon Mansion in the background among trees, and beyond is the Fox River. O...
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Wedding Day

Date: 08 27 1912
Description: View from lawn towards a group of women and children standing on the porch at Black Point. The porch, stairs and trees are strewn with streamers, part of t...
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Living Room at Black Point

Date: 1942
Description: Two tall bookcases stand against the far wall in the living room at Black Point. A portrait of Conrad Seipp hangs on that wall. A large bouquet in a tall v...
Postcard

Harrose Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the "Residence of H.G. Selfridge, Lake Geneva, Wis." The large Tudor influenced house has three stories and features a tall chimne...
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Flag Raising Ceremony

Date: 1934
Description: A flag-raising ceremony at Villa Louis, with a group of people standing on the lawn around the flagpole.
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675 Rush Street

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Description: Elevated view from across street of the McCormick mansion.
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Keenan House

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Description: Exterior view of a German Romanesque revival brick house built in 1857 with a Second Empire-style mansard roof added in 1870. 28 East Gilman Street is in t...
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House on State Street

Date: 1921
Description: View from across street towards a large house on State Street. In front of the house along the sidewalk is cement retaining wall, and steps and sidewalk le...
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Mansion on the Hill

Date: 12 2013
Description: Three-quarter view of the Thorp house on Mansion Hill. The house is constructed of locally quarried sandstone and designed in the Italianate style. Snow is...
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Frank B. Fargo House

Date: 1910
Description: A corner view of the Frank B. Fargo house is centered on the onion-domed polygonal tower. The open, wrap-around two-story porch features paired columns, ba...

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