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South View of Fire Damage

Date: 08 01 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "South View, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis. Aug. 1, 1907." A partially burned stone and brick building with pe...
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Memorial Hall

Date: 08 13 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Memorial Hall, Beloit, Wis." The stone Gothic Revival building was completed in 1867. It has had many uses on the University of Wisco...
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New State Capitol

Date: 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "New State Capitol, Madison, Wis." The Third State Capitol on the Capitol Square. Construction began in 1906 and was completed in 1917...
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High School

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Shullsburg, Wis." The Romanesque Revival school was built in 1900 of cream colored stone from the Pennich Quarry, 2.5 mi...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green, Wis." Exterior view of the southern elevation of Hillside Home School, designed by F...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green, Wis." Three boys are posing in front of the school. The Hillside Home School was des...
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Post Office

Date: 09 04 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office, Stevens Point, Wis." Exterior of the stone building constructed in the classical revival style, built in 1919. Stairs le...
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Portage County Courthouse

Date: 04 06 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Portage Co. Courthouse, Stevens Point, Wis." Exterior of the Portage County Courthouse, built in 1868. Stairs lead to the main entran...
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St. Stephen's Church

Date: 07 11 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Stephen's Church, Stevens Point, Wis." The limestone church was built in the Neogothic Revival style in 1923. A large brick build...
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Courthouse

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Court House, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1893 of limestone in the Richardson Romanesque style, it is now the home of the Waukesha County...
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Post Office

Date: 11 17 1941
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1913 of Bedford Limestone in the Neoclassical style. It has an impressive portico, supported by...
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National Exchange Bank

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "National Exchange Bank, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1921 in the Neoclassical style. Located on West Main Street between other brick and ...
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Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest

Date: 1949
Description: Text on front reads: "Wausau, Wisconsin, 'Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest.'" On reverse: "Renowned throughout the midwestern states as the center of w...
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The Penitentiary

Date: 11 16 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "The Penitentiary, Waupun, Wis." An elevated view of Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with ornate t...
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English Lutheran Church

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Text on front reads: "English Lutheran Church, Whitewater, Wis." A limestone church built in the Romanesque Revival style, surrounded by trees, lawns, side...

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