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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Depot and Mineral Springs Hotel

Date: 1875
Description: View across unpaved road towards a group of men standing on the platform at the train depot, with the Mineral Springs Hotel behind and to the right. Anothe...
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Ivey and Webb General Store in British Hollow

Date: 1930
Description: Ivey and Webb general store, with trees and a hill behind, and in front a man standing under the store's awning.
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Kellogg Library

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Description: View across street towards the Kellogg Library.
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Lake Park Terrace

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Description: View looking down toward a curving stairway leading down to a terrace with columns and ornate railings. In the background is a flagpole on the overlook to ...
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Town Club

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior of building from across the street. A flight of steps leads up from the sidewalk to a side entrance. Caption reads: "Town Club, Milwaukee."
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President's Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype view of the residence on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The president's home is at the corner of Langdon and Park Streets, the curre...
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Scheffler and Wegeman Storefront

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Description: View from road of Schiffler and Wegemann Tailoring and Clothing House building on corner. The storefront is at Third and Main Streets. On the left side of ...
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The Lincoln Memorial

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Description: Distant view of the Doric temple style Lincoln Memorial and the National mall including the surrounding manicured park and rolling wooded hills in the back...
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August Robert Meyer Monument

Date: 1909
Description: Bas-relief sculpture honoring August Robert Meyer, a civil engineer and city developer seen from across the street. Created by David Chester French and de...
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Saratoga Springs Grotto

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Description: Elevated view of a man and young girl relaxing at a natural-spring grotto park. The spring feeds a fountain set into a paved and sunken courtyard with an a...
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Camp Upton

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Description: View looking uphill toward two men standing on a road near a tall lookout tower with a flag on a flagpole, and barracks at Camp Upton, active starting in 1...
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Monticello Hospital Exterior

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Description: Exterior view looking uphill toward the Monticello Hospital. A long stairway leads from an arch that reads, "Monticello Hospital," up to the hospital build...
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Camp Meeting Grounds

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Description: View of the meeting grounds of Willimantic Camp Meeting Association, established in 1860. Two women walk toward the foreground on Prospect Avenue, a dirt r...
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Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory

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Description: View of Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory. Two rows of children walk on the sidewalk beside telephone poles.
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Madison Public Library, New Jersey

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Description: Exterior of Madison Public Library in New Jersey, designed by Bringham and Adden and built in 1900. A path leads to an arched entryway, and a tower rises o...
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The Goble Inn

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Description: Exterior of the Goble Inn. The land, purchased in 1892, features a driveway and trees surrounding the inn. An automobile is parked near stairs that lead to...
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High Falls Hotel

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Description: View down road toward the hotel on the left with trees shading the facade. Stairs on the left lead to the porch that has a sign above that reads: "High Fal...
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Castle Inn

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Description: Slightly elevated view of children and adults standing on the sidewalk near the steps at the front of the Castle Inn. Signs over the windows adorned with a...
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Saltsburg House

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Description: View across road toward men and women sitting on the porch of the three-story Saltsburg House hotel. Awnings are along the front of the porch, and a sign f...

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