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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Pond House

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Description: View from street of exterior of Pond House.
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Office staff at work in Mautz Paint & Glass Company office, 939 East Washington Avenue. There is a spiral staircase on the left leading up to the next floo...
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Capitol Park Statue "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: "Forward", the statue created by Jean Pond Miner of Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Women's Memorial at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. The statue is seen on...
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Wisconsin State Prison Cell Blocks

Date: 1893
Description: Interior of the cell blocks in the Wisconsin State Prison.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Main Street

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Description: Main Street from the Park Hotel.
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Stairway from Main Hall to Second Floor at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Stairway from the main hall to the second floor at Cyrus McCormick,Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street, with a view of the house's east windows. The do...
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Main Stairway at 50 East Huron Street

Date: 01 1929
Description: Main stairway of Cyrus McCormick, Jr.'s residence at 50 East Huron Street. This view is of the section of stairway from the first landing to the second lan...
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Paint Department at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: An factory worker in the Paint Department at McCormick Works discharges 100-gallon ball mills. Another man works in the background on a raised platform in ...
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Bundling Wood at McCormick Works

Date: 1930
Description: A female factory worker bundles wooden spindles with a machine at the McCormick Works.
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Interior Stairway in the Henry Schildhauer Home

Date: 1897
Description: An interior view of the Henry Schildhauer residence on West Washington Avenue. Henry Schildhauer was the Chief Department of Revenue Collector. A curved, w...
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater

Date: 2009
Description: Entrance vestibule of Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater.
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Main Hall of Wadsworth Hall

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the main hall of Wadsworth Hall. There is a table in the center of the room with books and a lamp, a fireplace at right and a stairway at ...
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Marine Barracks

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Description: A large group of men looking at the camera, standing near their cots in a squad room of a marine barracks. A staircase leads upward on the left.
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Camp Travis

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Description: A view of soldiers sitting on the ground and on the steps of military buildings, reading the mail at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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St. John's Episcopal Church

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Description: View toward the front of the church which is vine-covered and has shrbus in front. The facade has steps that lead up to arched main entrance, with multi-pa...
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First Methodist Church

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Description: Interior view of First Methodist Church, including a rosette window, altar, and part of the seating area. The altar area contains a pulpit flanked by two c...
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Lake Chautauqua Amphitheatre

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Description: Interior of an amphitheatre at Lake Chautauqua, founded in 1874. Surrounding a platform, man wooden benches are seen. Above the center platform, a flag ha...
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Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden

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Description: Exterior of Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden, founded in 1896. A path lined by two small fences leads to the door of the buildin...

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