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Guest House at Forest Lodge

Date: 1945
Description: Two-story vertical log structure with cedar shake roof and a boarded over screen porch. The building is located in a woodland and lawn setting on the groun...
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Historical Museum and Cultural Center

Date: 1990
Description: Text on front reads: "Washburn, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Washburn Historical Museum and Cultural Center. National Register of Historical Places. Washburn, ...
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Liv Ullmann and Max Von Sydow on Location for "The Emigrants"

Date: 09 1969
Description: Actors Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow posing while seated on the grass with plates of food and drinks. They appear to be in costume. Caption reads: "Liv Ull...
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Halpin Cottage

Date: 1957
Description: A clapboard house with a white picket fence in the Ozaukee County Pioneer Village. Text on back reads: "Ozaukee County, Pioneer Village, Wisconsin. Halpin ...
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Hyde's Mill

Date: 1988
Description: Text on front, at the foot: "Wisconsin." The color image of Hyde's Mill has an overlay of a map of the southwest corner of Wisconsin inside a red frame. Th...
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Waelderhaus Stube (Living Room)

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a living room, with fireplace, spinning wheel, chairs, benches and other furniture. Caption on back reads: "Stube (living roo...
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Hilgendorf House

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Description: An original half timber pioneer dwelling built in 1842. Located on Hwy 167 near Mequon.
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Elliptical Opening; Tallman House

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Description: Detail of an elliptical opening in the ceiling of the main hall. It served a functional purpose in heating and cooling.
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Butternut House

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Description: Color postcard view towards the Butternut House. A tour guide and touring group are standing on the front steps of the porch. Text on reverse reads: "Th...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Building Entrance Marker

Date: 1956
Description: The official site marker in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society Building.
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Old Wade House

Date: 1970
Description: Two people are walking on the brick courtyard at the Old Wade House, a Wisconsin Historical Society site. The Old Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoac...
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Governor Lucey at Birthplace of Republican Party

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Description: Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey standing with another man at the doorway of the Birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Archeological Society

Date: 05 26 1906
Description: The Wisconsin Archeological Society attending the unveiling of the Cutler Indian mound marker at Cutler Park. Mrs. William H. Anderson, President (?) of th...
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Perrot Marker Ceremony

Date: 09 06 1926
Description: Group portrait of attendees at a ceremony to place a marker on the former site of the French post of Nicolas Perrot. From left to right are Dr. Eben D. Pie...
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Timber Construction Marks

Date: 10 15 1971
Description: Original timber construction marks on the first historic structure to be reconstructed at Old World Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Historical Society site.
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Pioneer Military Road Marker

Date: 1950
Description: "Pioneer Military Road - 1835 - Fort Howard, Greenbay - To Fort Crawford, Prairie Du Chien - Erected by Col. C.R. Pier Circle - Ladies of C.A.R. 1931."
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Radisson-Groseilliers House Historic Site Marker

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Radisson-Groseilliers house historic site marker in the vicinity of Ashland. The marker was unveiled at the mouth of Fish Creek on October 25, ...
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Marker on the site of the Brown County Court House

Date: 1936
Description: Marker on the site of the first Brown County courthouse, the first courthouse in Wisconsin.
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Tank Cottage Broadside

Date: 1909
Description: View of the broadside of the cottage during warm season, with a few large deciduous trees casting shadows across the cottage, though it's a sunny day. On t...
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Tank Cottage with Two Little Girls

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the cottage and porch. Two little girls in dresses stand in front of the cottage, posing for the camera. A bench stands on the porch. On t...

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