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Sherman House Porch

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Description: View from the Sherman House porch overlooking the river.
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Main Building Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View of a riverside hotel with a screened porch, and chairs and benches on the lawn. The Wisconsin River is in the background.
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Cottage Row at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: Row of four guest cottages with screened porches along a sidewalk. The Wisconsin River is down the hill in the background.
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Delta Upsilon

Date: 1908
Description: Fraternity house, 644 N Frances Street, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1895
Description: View from Lake Mendota of the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse. A large crowd gathers on the porch and landing of the boathouse, perhaps to watch ...
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View from Avery's Edgewater Lodge Porch

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Description: View from the porch of Edgewater Lodge of the Wisconsin River and rock formations. A tour boat with passengers is passing by.
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Colburn Cottages

Date: 1927
Description: Two Colburn Cottages on a shoreline of the Wisconsin River. In the yard a man is posing in front of an automobile near a dog standing on its haunches. Ther...
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Colburn Modern Cottages — N. Superior Street

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Description: Main house for Colburn's Modern Cottages on the Wisconsin River. A curb is in the foreground, and a dirt road leads to a garage and a cottage. An automobil...
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Greetings from "Fields" The Maples

Date: 1927
Description: A collection of views of a guest house at Broadway at Capitol, and sites around the Dells, including: The Narrows of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, Stan...
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Colburn Modern Cottages — N. Superior Street

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Description: Two guest cottages on the edge of the Wisconsin River. Both cottages have screened-in porches. There is a round garden on the lawn surrounded by stones. An...
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Dells Landing

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Description: Elevated view of the Dells boat landing building, with people standing on the balcony. There is a steamboat near the dock on the river below.
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Lake Mendota

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Description: Elevated view from a hill framed by trees towards the University of Wisconsin on Lake Mendota. Bascom Hall is in the distance. In the foreground on the lef...
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Couderay Cozy Cabins

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of northern Wisconsin cabin in the woods with boat docks along the rip-rapped shore.
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Annex at Ravenswood Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: View across stone-lined paths toward the annex, a three-story building with a porch and a balcony above. Pines trees are on the grounds, and there is a sma...
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Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1897
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery (aka Nevin Fish Hatchery, 3911 Fish Hatchery Rd). A salt-box house with an additional wing stands next t...
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Lake Mendota

Date: 1874
Description: View across Lake Mendota toward Bascom Hall from 2-16 Langdon Street.
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University of Wisconsin YMCA

Date: 1921
Description: View from Langdon Street of the University of Wisconsin YMCA on the shore of Lake Mendota. On the porch of the building is a large "Cafeteria" sign. Anothe...
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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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D.H. Colburn Furnished Cottages

Date: 1925
Description: View from road of two of the Colburn guest cottages. A lake or pond is in the background.
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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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