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Octagon House

Date: 1930
Description: The Octagon House was built by General Francis Henry West. The photograph was taken late in 1930 and it shows the original "carpenter's lace" and other por...
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Mills Street House

Date: 1929
Description: Mills Street House, 211 North Mills Street. Snow is on the ground, and a dog is standing on the left.
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Residence in Racine, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of an unidentified house.
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Service Truck Stuck in the Snow

Date: 1927
Description: A rural electric service man stuck in the snow while making his rounds during the winter of 1926-1927 despite the fact that his Ford truck was mounted on r...
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Case Residence

Date: 1902
Description: Winter scene at the Case Residence with J. I. Case's sleigh and team. Andrew Jackson, hostler, (died Dec., 1924) is in the sleigh and "Nick" Mitchell, hir...
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Malone School House

Date: 1900
Description: Malone School House in Springdale Township, located on State Highway 92 between Verona and Mount Vernon. The one acre parcel on which it was built was for...
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Winter Walk

Date: 1898
Description: Alice and Eleanor Brown with their nurse in front of 121 East Gilman Street. The three houses in the photo are 125 East Gilman, 133 East Gilman and 139 Ea...
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Horseback Riders on Langdon Street

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Description: The "Riding Club": Elizabeth Proudfit, Mary Conklin, Mary Brown, Margaret Head, Catherine Brandenburg, Eleanore Brown and Catherine Trobridge on Langdon St...
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Pickering Camp

Date: 1920
Description: C.R. Pickering Camp on Mill Creek, in winter with snow on the ground. On the opposite shoreline is a shelter on the hill overlooking the creek, with a set ...
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East Wisconsin Avenue Methodist Church

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of East Wisconsin Avenue Methodist Church. Snow is on the ground.
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Burlington Railroad Tracks

Date: 1918
Description: View of the Burlington Railroad tracks south of the city, near Campion College. Dwellings are across a field, and snow-covered bluffs are in the background...
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St. Augustine Church

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Description: Exterior view of St. Augustine Church in winter.
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Fort Crawford

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Description: Fort Crawford Hospital. Snow is on the ground.
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Campion College Building

Date: 1864
Description: Oval-framed view of Lawler Hall at Campion College. This image was made during the Civil War when the building was used as a U.S. Military hospital. Prior ...
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Brisbois House

Date: 1920
Description: View of the front and right side of the Brisbois house. An automobile is parked on the right.
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Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company

Date: 1898
Description: The Nekoosa-Edwards Paper company. Established about 1896 by John Edwards.
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Hillside Pine

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Description: Large, snow-covered pine tree on Hillside Home School grounds.
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Winchester Winter

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Description: Two families (mothers and their children), stand in the snow in front of two automobiles outside the Winchester Health Center.
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Fourth Sacred Heart Church

Date: 1935
Description: The Fourth Sacred Heart Church, Polish Catholic, built in 1934. The church was built across the road from the site of the Second and Third Sacred Heart Chu...

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