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Pond House

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Description: View from street of exterior of Pond House.
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Pugh House

Date: 05 29 1933
Description: View from street towards the residence of Arthur and Sophia Pugh, 107 W. Gorham Street. Bridal wreath spirea bushes bloom around the open front porch, and ...
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Abandoned Farm with Overgrown Yard

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: An abandoned farm with overgrown foliage. In the background is a farmhouse. The doorway is detailed with decorative pilasters or engaged columns flanking t...
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Hotel Massasoit

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Description: Exterior of Hotel Massasoit, built in 1887. The wooden building features a long porch and balcony. To the left of the hotel, an automobile is parked.
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The Griswold

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Description: Exterior of the Griswold, a hotel which opened in 1906. The entrance features an elaborate pavilion of the Corinthian order. A porch continues the length...
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The Elms

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Description: A group of adults and children sit on the porch of The Elms, a two-story house with an American flag flying from the porch roof. Tree stumps are in the fr...
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Hilltop Inn

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Description: View of the rear porches and balconies at Hilltop Inn, built in 1910. Trees and other plants surround the porches where wicker chairs and potted plants ar...
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Poggatticut Lodge

Date: 1920
Description: Men and women sit in rocking chairs on the veranda at Poggatticut Lodge. The lodge was built in 1920.
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Wellesley's Island Farms

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Description: Exterior of a lodge at Wellesley's Island Farms. The building stands in a wooded area and a walkway connects it to an open air pavilion.
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Bedford Springs Hotel Miniature Golf Course

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Description: Several people stand near an umbrella-covered table outside Bedford Springs Hotel and Miniature Golf Course. The golf course stands in the foreground and t...
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Home Makers

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Description: Front three-quarter view of a two-story colonial house with a porch and balcony as seen from across the front yard. The bottom of the photograph is marked,...
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Bertha Tainter Hall

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Description: Exterior view of Bertha Tainter Hall, a building at the Stout Institute (now the University of Wisconsin-Stout), as seen from across a lawn. The Victorian...
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Bertha Tainter Annex

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Description: View of the Bertha Tainter Annex, a former women's dormitory at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The building features a three stories with a porch or ba...
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Cherry Hill

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Description: Exterior frontal view of Cherry Hill, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. McBurney.
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Rowallan

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Description: Exterior view of Rowallan, the Alex M. Lindsay (1841-1920) residence, built in 1913. Palm trees frame a walkway leading to the colonnaded front porch.
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Five Children in a Row

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Description: Five children pose in a row according to height in front of a porch. Their names are Theo Saeman Cavanaugh, Laura Saeman Gronenthal, Louis C. Saeman, Greg ...
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Brick Hotel

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Description: Black and white postcard of the Brick Hotel (possibly the Mlakar Hotel). A large porch wraps the first floor and trees and shrubs can be seen. Text in red ...
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Filling Station

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Description: View from street of the Standard Oil filling station with Red Crown gasoline pumps. Two attendants are standing near an entrance with a sign for a postal t...
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Atley Peterson Residence

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Description: Exterior view across lawn of the Atley Peterson home, which is a two-story Victorian with an attic and a turret. Metal work is along the flat section of th...
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1912
Description: View from road of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The double doorway has an arched window above it, and another circular window with a decorative fr...

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