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Tower Hill Trail

Date: 1945
Description: Tower Hill State Park trail leading to the top of the shot tower shaft.
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Juneau Park

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Description: Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra...
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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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Bascom Hall

Date: 1928
Description: Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) from State Historical Society terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a part of a banner at the bo...
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Stairs near Bascom Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Walkway and stairs leading to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Trees and bushes are planted on the lawn betw...
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Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: Margery Bish sitting on the wooden stairs at Irvine Park. Two men are standing further back on the tree-lined path. Irvine Park was established in 1906 on ...
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Mountain Lookout Tower

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Description: View of a winding path with metal handrails leading up the side of a mountain to a fire lookout tower.
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City Park Plaza

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Description: An elevated view of a city park plaza featuring a fountain, stone walkways and stairs and a central domed stone building.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View toward a small log cabin on the left, with three women further down on the trail along the right. Above this trail are steps leading up a steep hill. ...
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Addie Upshaw Hall at Bessie Tift College

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of Addie Upshaw Hall, completed in 1904. The building was erected on the campus of Bessie Tift College, founded in 1849. On the far left, a set o...
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Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden

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Description: Exterior of Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden, founded in 1896. A path lined by two small fences leads to the door of the buildin...
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White Birch Lodge with Log Walkway

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Description: Elevated view of White Birch Lodge. A log walkway leads to the rustic summer house surrounded by trees. A body of water stands in the background.
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County Normal and Agricultural School

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Description: A stone walkway leads to the entrance of the County Normal and Agricultural School. Ivy covers the exterior of the two-story colonial building and trees a...
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Bertha Tainter Hall

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Description: View of Bertha Tainter Hall, a building at the Stout Institute (now the University of Wisconsin-Stout). The Victorian-style building features a front porch...
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Italian Garden at Brookside

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Description: View of the Italian gardens at Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker. The gardens were designed by landscape architect, Ferruccia Vitale.
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Catholic Church

Date: 1924
Description: Side view of the Catholic Church from the bottom of a low hill. Two more buildings are on the left and right behind the church. Bare trees are in the lawn ...
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Stone Steps

Date: 1940
Description: Stone steps on an uphill path in a wooded area.
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Resort on Geneva Lake

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Description: View across water towards what may be cottages on the shoreline of the lake. There are stone lined paths, and a pier on the far left. A sign near steps rea...
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Boardwalk and Birch-lined Steps to the Main Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: Boardwalk leading to wood steps lined with young birch trees that leads uphill to the main lodge side door. Grasses, shrubs and evergreen trees grow on eit...
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Cold Water Canyon

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "In Cold Water Canyon, Dells of the Wisconsin." Steps and a path next to a stream in Cold Water Canyon. The scene is fully wooded and ...

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