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Chanticleer Building

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: Chanticleer Orchestra managers, each with a dog at his side, sitting on the front steps of a building with an awning overhead that reads "Chanticleer."
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Sharing a Drink of Water

Date: 07 20 1987
Description: A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day.
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Shullsburg Flying School

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Description: The staff of Hanifans' Flying School at Shullsburg where the enrollment during the 1950s was largely comprised of students on the G.I. Bill.
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Studio Portrait of a Dog

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Description: Studio portrait of an American Water Spaniel posing on a stump in the Van Schaick photography studio in front of a painted backdrop. There is a sign for "C...
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Portrait of a Dog

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Description: An American Water Spaniel, poses in the Van Schaick photography studio in front of a painted backdrop. There is a sign for "C.J. Van Schaick Photographer."...
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Hotel Ward

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of Ward Hotel from road. Sign painted on roof of turret says, "Hotel Ward." A large group of men, two women, and a dog, are posing on the sidewalk...
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Central Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of Central Hotel on corner lot from street. There is a dog lying on the porch on the left, and a man relaxing in a chair with his feet on a post o...
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Pet Food Display

Date: 1930
Description: A night view of a pet food display in a store window. In addition to commercial signs advertising Ken-L-Ration and Bird-E-Ration, a handwritten sign advert...
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Hope Health and Rehabilitation

Date: 08 08 2008
Description: "(Note all eights) After having hip replacement surgery, Shirley Widmer is shown with her little friend Ginger, at Hope Health and Rehab, 475 Grove Street ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down a long dirt road toward an intersection with two shops. On the left is a car parked outside the shop. Three men pose together at the corner. Ther...
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Bridgeport Hotel

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Description: The exterior of the Bridgeport Hotel. A man, boy, dog, and two women stand on the porch.
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Post Office on Highway 40

Date: 1927
Description: An elderly man, woman, and dog pose near two younger women wearing aprons outside the Island Lake Post Office and Burpee's Resort.
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Lake Kegonsa Log Cabins — Highway 51

Date: 1930
Description: View from driveway over a stream towards a row of six log cabins to the left Highway 51. A Texaco Station and a delivery truck are on the far left. Cars ar...
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I Miss My Cat

Date: 2013
Description: Graffiti on a stone plinth reads “I miss my cat” below a stenciled image of a cat wearing sunglasses on 5th Street. Above, another partial sign reads "Repa...
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Dorothy Honeck Participates in U.S. Senate Campaign Caravan for Former Gov. Walter J. Kohler

Date: 08 24 1957
Description: Dorothy Honeck (11), daughter of State Attorney General Stewart Honeck (of 714 Oneida Place), with her pet hamster and a poster for U.S. Senate candidate W...

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