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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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Cross Plains Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ...
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Keyhole Window

Date: 05 15 1960
Description: Exterior of a house with a keyhole shaped window.
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Arian's Tavern

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Arian's Tavern, 2517 University Avenue. The windows have Venetian blinds, and a Schlitz beer neon sign. At the corner of the building on the right is a "We...
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Truax Hospital Heating Building

Date: 01 22 1943
Description: Hospital heating building at Truax Army Air Field, from the west side.
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Coeds Model in front of Langdon Hall

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Two Manchester's Department Store coed models, wearing dresses, hats and purses, posing on the steps of Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street.
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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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University Methodist Church

Date: 05 26 1929
Description: University Methodist Church, 1127 University Avenue. The building attached on the far left is the Abiel Brooks House.
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Old Mission Church

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of the Congregational Church, a.k.a. Old Mission Church. The interior walls are covered with cedar trees.
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Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
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Reeve Residence

Date: 1870
Description: View of the Reeve residence on the corner of Lawrence and Onieda Streets.
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Wheeler Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Wheeler Hall at Northland College, a three story building with basement and attic. Built in 1893 of red brick and brownstone in the Romanesque Revival styl...
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Chequamegon Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the original Hotel Chequamegon, built by the Wisconsin Central Railroad interests and opened in 1877. It was built of wood with a wrap around porch...
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Memorial Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Memorial Hall at Northland College was built in 1926 of brick in the Tudor Revival style.
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Wheeler Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Wheeler Hall at Northland College, a three story building with basement and attic, surrounded by trees. Built in 1893 of red brick and brownstone in the Ro...
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Dill Hall

Date: 1925
Description: Dill Hall, a women's dormitory at Northland College. A clapboard building with wooden shingles, it caught fire in 1926 and was totally destroyed within a h...
Postcard

Second Street

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of Second Street, with an automobile on the street, two sets of streetcar tracks, pedestrians on the sidewalk, and a large brick bui...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Under Construction

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of the east side of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin during construction.
Painting

Neckerman House

Date: 1939
Description: The Neckerman house, located at 208-212 (210-214?) Monona Avenue, (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard), built by General David Atwood and his partner Ro...

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