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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...
Postcard

People Posing in front of House

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Description: Photographic postcard of a group of adults posing in front of a brick house. The house has a patterned design on the exterior. Below the peak of the roof, ...
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Grignon House and Family

Date: 1896
Description: The house built by Charles A. Grignon between 1837 and 1839 for Mary Meade, his Pennsylvania bride. Mrs. Grignon and her family are standing in front of th...
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Wisconsin Building

Date: 1893
Description: The Wisconsin Building at the Chicago World's Fair (Columbian Exposition).
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Hyde's Farmhouse

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Description: Two men stand outside Hyde's farmhouse on Chena Slough.
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MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked in front of the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue. The YMCA can be seen on the right. The "Trackless...
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William Wills Homestead

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the William Wills homestead. The family, including a dog, is standing around the front porch. One young girl is standing inside the house ...
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William Wills Homestead

Date: 11 30 1899
Description: Exterior view of the William Wills homestead. The family, including a dog, is standing around the front porch. One young girl is standing inside the house ...
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Solar Home Centerspread

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Description: Center spread of a 12 page booklet named "Homes for tomorrow's happy living." The illustration is of a father, seated on the ground, and a mother, seated i...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 10 16 1957
Description: The Madison Visiting Nurse Service held its annual meeting at Blackhawk Country Club. The Visiting Nurse Service, a Red Feather agency, is the only service...
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Petersburg Business District

Date: 1922
Description: View across street of commercial buildings, with a tree-lined hill in the far background. A group of men and women are standing on the porch of the brick b...
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Hotel May

Date: 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks and road of the front of the Hotel May. The hotel has a wrap-around porch and balcony. Men in suits are relaxing in chairs on t...
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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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Group of Pilgrims at St. Anne's Shrine

Date: 1928
Description: Pilgrims gathered outside the shrine. Many of the people are sitting on the ground among the tree. There are banners hanging in front of the stone chapel.
Postcard

Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of a school. Students and teachers are gathered in front. Caption reads: "Public School, Black Creek, Wis."
Photograph

Conrad Schmitt Residence

Date: 1900
Description: View of the exterior of the Conrad Schmitt (Sherwin Gillett's future father-in-law) residence. There are two unidentified men on the porch posing in the sh...
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Group of People Posing in Front of Home

Date: 05 1929
Description: Dorothy Pond and her daughter, Chomingwen Pond, pose with Monsieur and Madame Bernard in front of their house in Canrobert, Algeria. Flowers are planted in...
Postcard

Hotel and Feed Barn

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Description: Photographic postcard of view across muddy road of a man wearing a suit and standing on the porch of the two-story Hotel and Feed Barn. Two signs next to h...
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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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