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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...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Appleton.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Lodi High School

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a high school on a hill in Lodi.
Photograph

Norbertine Novitiate

Date: 10 08 1947
Description: Exterior view of Norbertine Novitiate, 4123 Monona Drive. Originally the Frank Allis home built in 1893-94. Lake Monona is in the background.
Photograph

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...
Postcard

St. Josephat Church and School

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Description: St. Josephat Church and School from Kosciuszko Park. The classic style church with dome is across a body of water. Three boats with boaters are out rowing ...
Postcard

St. Joesphat Church

Date: 1912
Description: Church and school seen from Kosciuszko Park. Located across a lake, behind some trees and bushes. A woman is sitting on some decorative stones next to the ...
Photograph

School on Bank of River

Date: 
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 ...
Photograph

Women and Children at Drinking Fountain

Date: 1916
Description: A woman, possibly a school instructor, is standing near two children as they wait in line to use a drinking fountain.
Photograph

Drinking Fountain at Iowa School

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: View of a drinking fountain inside Orange Township Consolidated School. There is a small plaque on the wall above the fountain.
Photograph

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,...
Photograph

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.
Drawing

Hayward Indian Boarding School

Date: 1900
Description: Perspective drawing of the buildings at the Hayward Indian School. There is a man in a boat in the right foreground and an empty boat in the left foregroun...
Photograph

School at Germantown

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of a schoolhouse with a hand-pump water well and flagpole in front.
Photograph

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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