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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1920
Description: Governor Nelson Dewey's house.
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1925
Description: View across road towards Governor Nelson Dewey's house.
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1915
Description: View across road towards Governor Nelson Dewey's house.
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Nelson Dewey Wine Cellar

Date: 1905
Description: Wine cellar on the Nelson Dewey estate before it was remodeled.
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Portrait of Nelson Dewey

Date: 05 12 1889
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Nelson Dewey on a cabinet card. He is wearing a suit and has a long white beard.
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Governor Nelson Dewey House

Date: 1890
Description: The home of Governor Nelson Dewey, built in 1842 and later owned by Miss Abbey Phelps.
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Nelson Dewey Home

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Nelson Dewey home with snow on the ground.
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Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1958
Description: Nelson Dewey State Park (Cassville vicinity). Bridge construction near the park office which was built in the 1850s as a chicken house. The park was establ...
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Governor Nelson Dewey and a Group of Wisconsin Legislators

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Description: Group portrait of men standing under the porch of a brick building. Nelson Dewey is the second man from the right in the front row with a long white beard ...
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Dewey Estate

Date: 1949
Description: Office-reception room in the Nelson Dewey house.
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Black Hawk Monument - Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1929
Description: A rock formation called "Black Hawk Monument" in Nelson Dewey State Park -- now Wyalusing State Park.
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Nelson Dewey Barn

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior of barn built by Nelson Dewey at Cassville, seen in about 1905 when the property was owned by T.J. Bunn. The building is now the State Farm Museu...
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Historical Old House at Nelson Dewey State Park near Wyalusing

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Description: An old log house in the woods at Nelson Dewey State Park surrounded by oak trees.
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Dewey Ruins

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the ruins of the Nelson Dewey home. The house burned in 1873. A man is standing near a door or window on the bottom left.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Looking over Governor Nelson Dewey's account books at the governor's desk in his office at Stonefield are Raymond Sivesind, state supervisor of historic si...
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Residence of First Governor of Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: View from across the street of Nelson Dewey's home.
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Master bedroom at the Governor Nelson Dewey house on his estate called Stonefield. On the right side are Cassville President R.J. Eckstein, and George W. F...
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Exterior view of the smokehouse at Governor Nelson Dewey estate, called Stonefield.
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Dewey Farmhouse

Date: 1910
Description: View of exterior of house with snow on the ground. There is a steep hill in the background. The house was built after Nelson Dewey's death.

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