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Filter: Creator Name of Cole, Harry Elsworth, 1861-1928
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Milton House Inn. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by Joseph Good... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | The land and house were donated to the village. The club house is still in use (1964) as a publicaly owned building for recreation and meetings. Image show... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View from road of buildings in North Freedom. Hotel Randall is in the right foreground. A group of young women and others have gathered on the porch of the... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View up dirt road or track towards a two-story L-shaped frame house with a fence along the front. The right end of the house has a roof suspended over the ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A view of the William Ruggles farm with an old farm wagon in the foreground. A number of farm buildings are in the background, with a fence and hill on the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across Devil's Lake from the West Bluff. Railroad tracks are seen along the base of the East Bluff. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across Wisconsin River of men and women in canoes at the base of Lone Rock at the Dells. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man paddles a canoe with four women passengers, as seen from inside Lone Rock Cave at the Dells. The far shoreline can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 09 29 1906 |
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| Description: | A group of people looks over the Wisconsin Heights battlefield as a man gestures. A horse-drawn buggy is on the right and another team of horses is visible... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Daniel Reynolds poses beside a tree. There is a board sidewalk near a street behind him. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Daniel Reynolds, wearing a hat, suit coat, and vest with watch fob, sits in a bentwood chair in front of a large tree. There is a board sidewalk behind hi... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A car and driver stop on a country road near Mt. Horeb at the site of the Holton Tavern. A windmill and tree stand on the site and there is debris at the ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A side view from road of large brick house with an open front porch, surrounded by trees. There is a a rear wing and attached garage or shed. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The Loganville Mill, built in 1861. The owner was Joseph Mackey and the carpenter was Billy Palmer. Sacks of feed are sitting on a loading platform. There ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A sign north of Shawano marks the Military Road, built 1864-1871, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Marquette, Michigan. In 1924 the Wisconsin portion of the r... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large, two-story wood building with nine over six windows identified as an inn; at the time of the photograph it served as the Butte des Morts Post Offic... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Stone Barn Tavern, located about three miles west of Milton. The three cottonwood trees in front of the tavern were brought from Vermont. There are sev... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across street of several commercial buildings in a downtown area. The stone building in the foreground is nearly covered by vines and is identified as... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from road of a two-story brick structure identified as the Melchior Hotel. See also image 67069. |
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