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Daniel Angus House

Date: 1900
Description: The house of Captain Angus on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island sometime around 1900. The Angus family came to Madeline Island in ...
Painting

Reid House

Date: 1842
Description: Watercolor of the Reid House, residence of William Reid at the head of Big Foot Lake (Lake Geneva). Two children and a woman are in the foreground.
Photograph

Residence of William Arnon Henry

Date: 1900
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin residence of William Arnon Henry, Dean of Agriculture, 10 Babcock Drive with Lake Mendota in the background.
Photograph

House with Picket Fence

Date: 
Description: View from the road of a frame house behind a picket fence, with cut work, shutters, and lightning rods by each chimney and a well in front of the fence. V...
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People aboard Steamboat

Date: 1878
Description: People seated in a small steamboat tied at a pier on a lake. A flag flies from the bow and there is a two-story frame house on the shore. This photograph m...
Photograph

Allen E. Adsit with Father Stephen Adsit

Date: 1873
Description: Allen E. Adsit is in the left foreground in this photograph and his father, Stephen Adsit, is seated at right. Seen near the house are a wooden rain barrel...
Photograph

View of Clinton over a Millpond

Date: 1874
Description: A distant view of Clinton, now Rockdale, in Christiana Township looking across the millpond on Koshkonong Creek towards the town.
Photograph

Elevated View of Town and River

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Description: Elevated view of buildings in town with river in the background.
Painting

Stoner House

Date: 1938
Description: The Stoner house, located at 321 South Hamilton Street.
Painting

Benjamin Franklin Hopkins House

Date: 1939
Description: The Benjamin Franklin Hopkins house, 142 East Gilman Street, built by Hopkins about 1850. The house was later owned by Dr. William Jacobs. The square bay ...
Painting

Simeon Mills House

Date: 1938
Description: The Simeon Mills (farm) house located at 2709 Sommers Avenue.
Painting

Brandenburg House

Date: 1938
Description: The Oscar D. Brandenburg house, 22 Langdon Street. Later the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house. Razed and replaced in 1972 by the Langdon Apartments. Oscar...
Painting

Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1938
Description: The sandstone house known as Walker's Castle was located in the 900 block of East Gorham Street. According to newspaper articles, it was built in about 186...
Photograph

Jarius Fairchild House

Date: 1855
Description: Early view of the house built by Madison's first mayor, Jairus C. Fairchild, at 302 South Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Monona Avenue in 1877) at West Wilson S...
Map or Atlas

Fond du Lac Map 4/4

Date: 1857
Description: Quarter section of a map of the city of Fond du Lac featuring an illustration of the Lewis House.
Photograph

Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The rear view of the Ceylon Building, which was from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell, moved ...
Postcard

Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The Ceylon Building from the water, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell and converted to a private ...
Photograph

Ceylon Building on Lake Geneva

Date: 1893
Description: The Ceylon Building and its pier as seen from Lake Geneva. Originally built for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the building was later purchas...
Postcard

J.J. Mitchell Summer Home

Date: 1915
Description: The summer home of J.J. Mitchell, formally known as Ceylon Court. Caption at right reads: "Greetings from Lake Geneva, Wis. (near Chicago)", and below read...
Painting

Reid Residence

Date: 1892
Description: A watercolor drawing by Mrs. James Reid the sister-in-law of William Reid, the homeowner.

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