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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Raiffeisen House

Date: 01 16 1939
Description: Raiffeisen House, CUNA Mutual Society office, 142 East Gilman Street. It was originally the Benjamin Franklin Hopkins house built in 1863.
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Tormey House

Date: 02 28 1928
Description: Albert Tormey house, 1228 Sherman Avenue.
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Northern Hospital for the Insane Exterior

Date: 1893
Description: Exterior view of the Northern Hospital for the Insane.
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Front View of Northern Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1893
Description: Front view of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. A horse-drawn carriage is outside the entrance.
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Wade House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the north elevation of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanu...
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Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Wisconsin Governor's residence with snow on the ground, 130 East Gilman Street. The house was built for General Julius White in 1856. Succeeding owners wer...
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap."
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap."
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Indian Students at Government School

Date: 1896
Description: Indian boys and girls pose for a group portrait outdoors in front of the government school.
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Winter Scene

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Description: A snow-covered street with several horses standing at the curb. Groups of people pose on the porches of the hotel and the post office.
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Shoveling Snow

Date: 1959
Description: Winter scene with Shirley Widmer, the photographer's wife, shoveling snow after a big snowstorm.
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Window View

Date: 1968
Description: "Bonnie enjoys looking out of the window."
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Main Street

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Description: View across street of four men posing in front of storefronts on Main Street, including M.A. Batcheller, a barber shop, and clothiers under the offices of ...
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Snowy Street

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Description: View of a street in a town, probably Hixton, with footprints crisscrossing a snow-covered street. A group of men are standing on the porch of the hardware ...
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Koll Home

Date: 02 1981
Description: "The Paul & Evangeline Koll home is at 337 Menomonee Street."
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Steuben Street Scene

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Description: View from road of a winter street scene. A man is driving a horse and wagon in the road. Two men and two children stand on the sidewalk. A person can be se...
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View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the Troitsky prospect in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, looking north. There are dwellings, commercial and industrial buildings, and a c...
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Winter Street Scene; Merchants Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a boy posing standing on a sled pulled by a dog on a snow-covered and muddy street. Location identified as in front of the Merchant's Hotel...
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Sleigh on Main Street

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Description: View across street towards a man posing sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses on a snow-covered city street. Location identified as the north ...

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