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Wisconsin Historical Society Building

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Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, formerly The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, from Library Mall on the UW-Madison campus.
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Tulip Bed and Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Tulip bed at the Wisconsin State Capitol at S. Hamilton Street.
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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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View from Main Building, Ravenswood Hotel

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Description: View of the Wisconsin River, seen through trees over a low stone wall, from the grounds of the Ravenswood Hotel. There are benches along the stone-lined wa...
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Dempsy Hall

Date: 1977
Description: Southeast corner of Dempsy Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Dempsy Hall is the oldest building currently on campus, and houses the offices of t...
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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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Chamber of Commerce

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Description: The Chamber of Commerce on the corner of Oak and Broadway under a dark sky.
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Downtown Wisconsin Dells

Date: 05 24 1950
Description: A view of downtown, including the official Dells ticket office. In the foreground a man is sitting on a bench reading a newspaper, and other pedestrians ar...
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Frame House

Date: 1895
Description: Text from negative sleeve: "Madison environ, Wisconsin, ca.1895-1905. Frame house. Urban house with shutters and flag posters (?) in bottom bay window and ...
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The Dixon

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of The Dixon, a Victorian-era house with guest rooms.
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Watering the State Capitol Grounds

Date: 05 09 1958
Description: Underground sprinklers watering the grass in back of benches along the sidewalk at the state Capitol.
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Cottage at Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: View across lawn of a guest cottage at the Birchcliff Hotel. A woman is seated in the screened-in porch.
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Dew Drop Inn

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Description: View across sidewalk towards a guest house set back among the trees. Steps lead up to a wrap-around porch.
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Practical Joke

Date: 1950
Description: Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench.
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Benches on Capitol Square

Date: 1949
Description: A man sits on a Carroll Street bench on the Capitol Square.
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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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Rood's Glen Resort on Lucky 13

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter view of the main building of Rood's Glen Resort. There is a bench behind the roofed entrance way on the left.
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The Pines Hotel

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Description: View down sidewalk towards a log building among the pines. The sidewalk leads to the large front porch with steps in the front and on the side.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...

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