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Residence of the Honorable David Atwood

Date: 1874
Description: Residence of the Honorable David Atwood on the corner of West Doty Street and Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.). People are posing on the p...
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Amusement Park with Rides

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Description: A carousel, aeroplane, penny arcade, and other rides stand inside an amusement park. There is a lawn at the center of the image and people surround the amu...
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Family in front of a Lodge

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Description: A family with skiing equipment stands in front of a lodge in winter. View features a large multi-story lodge with many windows and evergreen trees.
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Outdoor Iceskating Rink

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Description: View of an outdoor ice skating rink featuring a rink next to a building with a small shelter off to the the right. People skate and look on near trees and...
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Fishermen Showing Their Catch On Ocean Avenue

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Description: Fishermen show off their catch on Ocean Avenue in Manasquan Beach. Several dwellings and buildings, a road, automobiles, power lines, and a flag pole are ...
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Country Road Intersection

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Description: View of an intersection of two dirt roads, East Market Street and Lafayette Street. A man, horseback, can be seen on the left, while two people walk past ...
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Concord Chapter House

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Description: View of a colonial home which became the Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter House in 1894. Tombstones can be seen to the left behind the home.
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Residential Street

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Description: View down a residential street lined with picket fences. An automobile and trolley car travel down the road. Published by H.C. Branch, Webster, Massachus...
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General Lee's Headquarters

Date: 06 1863
Description: Stereograph of General Lee's headquarters at Gettysburg, photographed by Mathew Brady a few days after the battle. Two women appear on the lower right.
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Houses, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Several houses along a dirt road. A person stands in the doorway of one house. "'Some roofs leak worse than others, but we all get wet inside when it rains...
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Dane County Asylum near Verona

Date: 1911
Description: View across dirt road of the asylum and grounds. A large three-story building is spread out over several acres. Stairs are leading up to entrances on the s...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district. A creamery on the left. A house on the right with a woman in a rocking chair and two children in front. Some men s...
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Ruins of Cyclone — William Brace Farm

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: View across yard of a storm-damaged farmhouse. In the foreground is an overturned automobile. The windows of the house have been blown out and the roof has...
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Winnes Inn — Modern Rooms

Date: 1929
Description: View across street towards three women standing on the front steps of Winnes Inn, a converted dwelling in a residential neighborhood.
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Exterior View of Home of Johnson

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Description: View across yard towards the southwest corner of South 2nd and Johnson (Grove). Owned by Johnson. There is a man standing inside the fence, and a girl stan...
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Exterior View of Unidentified Residence

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Description: Exterior view across yard, in a stereograph form, of a two-story wooden dwelling. A man and a woman are standing on the porch.
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman posing standing and leaning against a narrow column of a wooden porch in front of a house. She is wearing a dark-...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified man and woman posing sitting on the porch steps of a wooden house. The man is holding what appears to be a cigar, and i...
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Lake Tomahawk Post Office

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Lake Tomahawk Post Office, with a woman and two young girls posed in front. A sign painted on the side of the building advertises "Sod...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: View across street towards a man leaning against a street sign near the corner of a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. On the right is a concre...

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