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Arnold Zander Making Slush for Ice Skating Rink Border

Date: 01 15 1946
Description: Arnold S. Zander making slush for ice skating rink border at 175 Virginia Terrace.
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Kessenich House

Date: 06 08 1935
Description: J. Frank Kessenich house, 205 Lakewood Boulevard, Lakewood subdivision.
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Orsamus Cole Residence

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Description: Orsamus Cole residence located at the corner of Pinckney and Gorham streets. Cole was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court beginning about 1855. Three ...
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Residence with Yard and Fence

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Description: Exterior of a residence, probably of 1 East Gilman Street. The yard is enclosed by a fence. A dog is standing in front of the house.
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Madison Residence

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Description: Exterior view of a Madison residence, possibly on Gilman Street. The yard is enclosed by a fence.
Postcard

Prospect Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down tree-lined street in a neighborhood. Caption reads: "Prospect Street, Appleton, Wis."
Postcard

Road and Houses

Date: 1918
Description: View of a road and houses. Caption reads: "Big Bend, Wis."
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H.S. Allen Homestead

Date: 1900
Description: View from road of exterior of house on the H.S. Allen homestead. The house has a widow's walk and a wrap-around porch. There are many large trees on the pr...
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The Robert Bashford House

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the Robert M. Bashford house on Pinckney and Gilman Streets. A man wearing a hat stands in the landscaped yard near a small child wearing ...
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Elevated View of Residential Area

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view from Our Savior's Lutheran Church looking west into a residential area. The Methodist Church is in the background.
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Children Playing at the Neighborhood House

Date: 07 11 1955
Description: Three children, Jackie LeTourneau, Debra Ranes, and Ester Thayer, playing in the tot lot at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue.
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House on West Gorham at North Broom Streets

Date: 1927
Description: House with a wooden fence on the corner of West Gorham Street at North Broom Street.
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Gregory Residence

Date: 1875
Description: The Gregory Residence, 145 West Gilman Street, home of Jared Comstock Gregory, his wife Charlotte Camp Gregory, and their children, Stephen Strong Gregory ...
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Herfurth House

Date: 1951
Description: The Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street, built by Theodore Herfurth around 1870 and owned in 1952 by Mrs. Ralph Dennis.
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Herfurth House

Date: 1951
Description: The Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street. The original (west) part of the house was built around 1871 by Theodore Herfurth and the addition (east) was ad...
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Mitchell-Rountree House

Date: 1940
Description: A view of the Mitchell-Rountree house, built in 1837.
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First Harley-Davidson Shop

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Description: The original shop in the Davidson family backyard where the first Harley-Davidson motorcycles were assembled. There is snow on the ground. The sign on the ...
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Stephen Vaughn Shipman Residence

Date: 1870
Description: View of the Stephen Vaughn Shipman house at 65 Spaight Street, near the intersection of Ingersoll Street. The house was designed and built between 1855 and...
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Spooner Home

Date: 1875
Description: View of the Spooner residence on the south corner of Wilson and Carroll Streets, with the lake in the background. This was the home of John C., Phil H., an...
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View of the Spooner Residence

Date: 1905
Description: A side view of the Philip Spooner residence, 133 West Wilson Street. The family is gathered on the front porch of the house. There is a fence along the sid...

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