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State Teachers College

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Text on reverse reads: "College Entrance, State Teachers College, Whitewater, Wis." Simplified illustration, based on a photograph, of "Old Main" on the Wh...
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Main Street

Date: 08 28 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Whitewater, Wis." Elevated view over water towards the downtown area, with buildings and storefronts along Main Street w...
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Playgrounds

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "'Playgrounds,' Whitewater, Wis." Two girls, and three boys with a bicycle are in a grass covered playground with swings, slides, sees...
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State Normal School

Date: 06 25 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "State Normal School, Whitewater, Wis." Called "Old Main," this building was built in 1868 and destroyed in a fire in 1970. In the for...
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English Lutheran Church

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Text on front reads: "English Lutheran Church, Whitewater, Wis." A limestone church built in the Romanesque Revival style, surrounded by trees, lawns, side...
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Birge Fountain

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Birge Fountain. Whitewater, Wis." The Neoclassical-style Birge Fountain, located in Flat Iron Park. Mythical figures decorate the foo...
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The Green Shutters Tea Room and Antique Shop

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "The Green Shutters Tea Room and Antique Shop, Whitewater Wis." The brick, Italianate style building surrounded by a lawn, trees and s...
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Whitewater Lake Inn

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Whitewater Lake Inn - Hwy. 89 - Whitewater, Wis." On reverse: "Whitewater Lake Inn. Excellent Food - Steaks - Chicken - Sea Foods. Co...
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Fairhaven

Date: 1960
Description: Text on front reads: "Fairhaven - Whitewater, Wisconsin. 'Where You Add Life to Your Years.'" On the reverse: "Fairhaven–Whitewater, Wisconsin–is being cre...
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Summer House–Conference Point

Date: 1907
Description: Text from front reads: "Summer House–Conference Point, Williams Bay, Wis." In the center is an oval-framed group portrait of 16 men and five women pose in ...
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Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago at Williams Bay, Wisconsin." Founded in 1892 by astronomer George Ellery Hale and fin...

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