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Knight Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: This building was named the Knight Block and contained retail on the first floor, business offices on the second floor and the Knight Hotel on the third, f...
Photograph

Imperial Hotel Courtyard

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Description: Interior courtyard at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, including one of the guest room wings of the hotel. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd...
Drawing

Cross Plains Tavern and School

Date: 1946
Description: Pencil drawing of a stone building in Cross Plains, which used to house a tavern downstairs and the town's school upstairs. Features a porch entrance, and ...
Photograph

Building and Monument

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Description: A cannon and statue on a lawn next to a two-story brick building. The building features a large clock tower topped by a cupola, rectangular windows, and de...
Photograph

Mabel Tainter Memorial

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Description: Exterior view of the Mabel Tainter Memorial, a Wisconsin State historic site built in 1889. The design was intended to reflect the Richardsonian Romanesque...
Photograph

Stone Fire House Building

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Description: Exterior view of a firehouse building featuring two-story columns, a balcony, and stonework. A paved road leads to the structure and town buildings are vis...
Photograph

Straightjacketed Escape

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Description: View from street of Madison magician Ben Bergor being raised feet first (upside down) and in a straightjacket to perform an escape act outside a LaCrosse, ...
Photograph

Interior of House on the Rock

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Description: Interior of room at House on the Rock looking at the view out large canted windows. In the foreground is a staircase with a railing.
Photograph

Interior of House on the Rock

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Description: Interior of room at House on the Rock. A young man is sitting on a bench near the window.
Photograph

Koecher's Bar

Date: 06 03 1950
Description: "Koecher's Bar on the northwest corner of Milwaukee St. & Mayville St."
Photograph

Gazosa Beverage Company Trucks

Date: 11 06 1935
Description: Three of the five International trucks, owned by the Gazosa Beverage Company, are parked at an angle outside of the Rainier Distributing Company. Men weari...
Print

Pendarvis House Menu

Date: 1935
Description: Menu of Cornish pasties and desserts offered by Pendarvis House, a group of restored stone houses built by Cornish settlers in Mineral Point. The cover of ...
Photograph

Electric Light Plant

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view across water of a stone building next to an earthen dam on the La Crosse River. There is an archway on the side of the building at the river ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View down street in the central business district. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curbs. Businesses line the street on both side...
Photograph

Service Station

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Description: A small stone building with a steeply pitched roof, chimney, large, paned windows and arched doorway. Benches are on the left and right of the building. On...
Photograph

Service Station

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Description: Exterior view of the service station on a street corner, with Olson's Rooms in the background. The service station is a stone building with a chimney, arch...
Photograph

State Street House

Date: 1921
Description: View from street of an Italianate style home on State Street. There are mailboxes on the corner, and a lamppost on the left.
Photograph

Rephotographic Pair: The Walker Hotel/House

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Description: A vintage view of the Walker Hotel and a modern view of the Walker House in the same building, presented as a pair. The stone building has a second-story p...
Photograph

China Imports Storefront at House on the Rock

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Description: View of the China Imports storefront at The House on the Rock.
Photograph

Johnson Street View of Rentschler Floral Company and Charming Lady Beauty Salon

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Johnson Street towards a commercial building. The ground floor has a show window for Rentschler Floral Company. A sign above the second fl...

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