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Harrell International Institute Grounds

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Description: Harrell International Institute grounds. A few people stroll and relax among the trees.
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The "Rock School" Building

Date: 1900
Description: The "Rock School" building, with children and teachers posed outside.
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Grafton Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Grafton Hall front entrance with a street running in front. A bicycle leans against the building near the entrance.
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Fountain House

Date: 1878
Description: Exterior view of the Fountain House.
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Cornish Miner's House

Date: 1925
Description: View from road looking down slope toward the house of a Cornish miner. Other buildings are in the background on the right.
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Mineral Spring Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Mineral Spring Brewery, located on 272 Shake Rag Street, erected in 1850 (currently 276 Shake Rag Street). A group of four men are posing outdoors on the r...
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State University in Madison

Date: 1874
Description: State University (University of Wisconsin), Madison.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute) near Madison.
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Boothville Quick Stop

Date: 1940
Description: Mobil gas station constructed of split stone. Next door, offering ice cream, soda pop, and groceries to motorists near Silver Lake, was the Boothville groc...
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Pewaukee Lake Mills

Date: 1925
Description: View of Pewaukee Lake Mills. Asa Clark, a Vermont pioneer who settled in the town of Pewaukee in 1837, erected a sawmill in 1838 at the outlet of the lake....
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Grand Avenue

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Description: Street level view of Grand Avenue showing a trolley, a crosswalk, crowded sidewalks and tall buildings.
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Seventh Street

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Description: Street-level view of Seventh Street showing tall stone buildings, advertising signs, foot traffic, cars and a trolley.
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Broadway Avenue

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Description: Street-level view of Broadway Avenue showing tall stone buildings, cars, carriages, horses and pedestrians in the distance.
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Street Scene

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Description: A street scene showing tall stone buildings, parked cars and a trolley.
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Street Scene

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Description: A street scene in an old area of Havana, Cuba showing stone and stucco buildings, a few pedestrians and parked vehicles.
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Bancroft Tower

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Description: A view of Bancroft Tower, a Romanesque style stone building in open country, from the front drive.
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Homestead Bank

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Description: Homestead Bank, a two-story stone and wood building, from across the street.
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The Capitol Building

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Description: A view of the capitol building from Washington Avenue. Built in the neo-Renaissance style and architecturally modeled on the Hotel de Ville of Paris, Franc...
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Eastman Theatre

Date: 1922
Description: Front view of the Eastman Theatre, which opened in 1922, from across the street. The large curving stone building with classical details wraps around the ...
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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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