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Keshena Boardinghouse Steps

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Description: Group portrait of eight men and seven women on the steps of the Keshena Boardinghouse.
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Keshena Boardinghouse

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Description: Exterior of Keshena Boardinghouse with a group of men, women and children positioned on the front porch.
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Bauer's Rooms — 814 Elm St.

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of a house in a residential neighborhood with rooms available for tourists.
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"The Maples" Broadway at Capitol Highway 29

Date: 1926
Description: Side view from sidewalk of "The Maples," a large brick house with arched windows and a columned porch.
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Mrs. H.E. Heitman — Rooms in Privat [sic] Home

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of a house in a residential neighborhood with a large screened-in porch, and a bench and a lawn swing in the front yard.
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Winnes Inn — Modern Rooms

Date: 1929
Description: View across street towards three women standing on the front steps of Winnes Inn, a converted dwelling in a residential neighborhood.
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York Iron Works

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Description: View across river of York Iron Works. On the hill are the boardinghouse and dance hall. Just below the boardinghouse there appears to be a quarry.
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Breezy Hill Cabins and Rooms — 1026 Superior St.

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Description: Three-quarter view of front of house with two garages in the back. There are bushes along the driveway and flowers in the box along the front of the porch.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace and pig iron stock piles. The boardinghouse is visible on the hill in the far background.
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"Fields" "The Maples"

Date: 1926
Description: View from street of a large brick house with an arched entrance and wrap-around columned porch. There are benches on the lawn along the side of the house o...
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Buckminster Rooms and Cottage — 2 Miles North on Lucky 13

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Description: View down driveway towards main house of Buckminster Rooms. A sign in front advertises rooms with inner spring mattresses for 75 cents per person. An autom...
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Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms — 501 Broadway

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms, which is a private home with rooms for tourists, with a screened-in porch, and a balcony. Two children are stan...
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Mrs. C.F. Fritz — Rooms and Bath — 816 Church St.

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of a home that provides rooms and baths for tourists for 75 cents and $1. There is a porch in the front and and in the back. Trees are in the...
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Coe's Porches — 414 Broadway

Date: 1931
Description: View from street towards Coe's Porches, a place with sleeping porches and rooms for tourists. A group of people are standing in the front lawn and an autom...
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace. On the hill is the boardinghouse and the dance hall. A man is working near the railroad cars, and other p...
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Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms — 501 Broadway

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter view of Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms, which has a porch and a balcony. Signs in front advertise rooms, bath and garage for 75 cents per person, ...
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Mrs. Sam T. Cummings — Member of NTA — Free Garage

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of a couple is sitting on the front stoop of a house which has rooms for tourists. A lawn swing and planters are on the lawn. There is a l...
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Otto Lindner

Date: 1907
Description: Otto Lindner standing in front of a rooming house.
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Nichols House

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Description: Exterior view of Nichols House with a group of people on and around the porch.
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Old Bridge Area Manufacturing Plants

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of several buildings, with bridge and railroad tracks, and the Fox River. In the foreground on the right is the Commercial House, with three ...

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