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Shore View of Mission Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark ro...
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Snow-Covered Skating Pond

Date: 1895
Description: Winter scene of the skating pond at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Northwest Intersection at Fourth and Water

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui...
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Aerial View of Near West Side

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of near west side, including West High School, the Forest Products Laboratory, Lake Mendota, and Picnic Point.
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Yahara River Parkway

Date: 1907
Description: The Yahara River Parkway, with the old Lapham School at 1436 East Dayton Street at North Thornton visible on the righthand side.
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Lodi High School

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a high school on a hill in Lodi.
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Aerial View of West Side

Date: 02 06 1948
Description: Looking east along Regent Street with snow on the ground. Visible are Lake Wingra, Monona Bay, railroad causeway across Monona, Lake Mendota, Hoyt Park, We...
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School on Bank of River

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Description: View from shoreline across water toward an unidentified school building with an ornate bell tower on the roof on the bank of a river or large pond. A hill ...
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Engine-Powered Water Pump

Date: 1920
Description: An International stationary engine powers a water pump outside a brick building, possibly a school. There is a cat on the left near the pump.
Postcard

Greetings From Bruce

Date: 05 15 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a poster promoting Bruce with seven photographs. The fairgrounds, Main Street, farm scene, Catholic Church, Chippewa River bridge,...
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High School

Date: 1925
Description: View of the front of the high school. The grounds feature a hand-pump water well and a flag post.
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School at Germantown

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of a schoolhouse with a hand-pump water well and flagpole in front.
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Boy Retrieving Water from School Well

Date: 11 23 1915
Description: Boy retrieves water from a school well. Original caption reads: "This Old fashioned well, at Sheffield School near Union City, Tenn. is typical of the enti...
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Cassville High School

Date: 1913
Description: View of facade of high school. The grounds in front are still bare dirt. In the background is a steep hill. A small bridge is over a narrow stream on the r...
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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view, looking north, from the Hotz family compound near the bluff entrance to Fish Creek. Evergreens and bare birch trees stand in the foreground,...
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Eagle Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: Students and their teacher, Gladys Hofseth (back row, far right), pose outside Eagle Corners School. The school is a wood frame building with an enclosed p...
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Madison Panorama from University Heights

Date: 1908
Description: Panoramic view of Madison taken from Summit Avenue looking East South East toward Lake Monona. Included in the view are the Camp Randall bleachers, St. Rap...
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Public School

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Description: View of the public school with two chimneys, a bell tower, and firewood stacked on the porch. The building is reflected in the puddle in the foreground. Be...
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Scene at Plain

Date: 1921
Description: View of men standing near a T-intersection. The three-story building on the left side of the intersection has a sandwich board advertising "Ice Cream." A m...
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Bird's Eye View

Date: 1926
Description: View from hill looking down at homes and businesses in town. A bridge goes over the Kickapoo River. The depot and railroad tracks and Main Street are behin...

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