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McNamee House

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Description: McNamee house on Irish Ridge, an Irish settlement near the St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church. The house was built around 1860 and was owned by Michael M...
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Montgomery Street Bridge Damage

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking west down road towards the bridge. The roadway is damaged in two spots, leaving large gaps. The walls of the bridge are still intact. Traffic barri...
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Oak Street Bridge Collapse

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: View from water of bridge collapsed into the river, with the metal supports half submerged and the brick base crumbling. Dwellings can be seen along the hi...
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Oldest House in Delavan

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the oldest house in Delavan. There are two large trees in the front yard.
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Larson Barn

Date: 1931
Description: An automobile is parked near the Melvin Larson barn in Bayfield County. The large barn has a concrete block foundation, gambrel roof, and three large venti...
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Dairy Calf Demonstration

Date: 06 28 1932
Description: J.C. Nisbet (center), an editor of Hoard's Dairyman magazine, addresses a crowd of men, women and children at the Walworth County 4-H Club Picnic at...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Racer

Date: 1949
Description: Philip Lenhart with his soap box derby car, Silverstreak. Lenhart wears a helmet and a Wisconsin State Journal t-shirt.
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Snow Scene

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro...
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The McDonnell-Garnhart Residence

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Description: View of the front of the McDonnell-Garnhart residence, 424 North Pinckney Street. This Romanesque revival house was designed in 1857 by Samuel H. Donnell, ...
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: View across lawn towards the Magnus Swenson house at 530 N. Pinckney Street. This house was sold to a fraternity and later demolished.
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Langdon Street Home

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Description: View up street towards 228 Langdon Street, which was built in 1871 for attorney J.M. Flower. From 1875-1899 it served as the residence of distinguished Uni...
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"Home Guard"

Date: 08 1921
Description: Three men posing standing in front of a log house belonging to the Getto family, all holding guns. A dog is sitting on the ground between two of the men. T...
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"Those Country Days Surely Are It"

Date: 1920
Description: Two men, Fred and Oscar Getto, sitting on the steps of two doors, one on the left and one on the right, of a store owned by Henry Getto. A sign above the t...
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The Getto Family

Date: 1927
Description: Members of the Getto family posing in front of a log house surrounded by flowering trees. The three people sitting in the front row are, left to right: Mar...
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Loraine Garage

Date: 1927
Description: View across street towards the Loraine Garage at 14 N. Fairchild Street. There is a painted sign on the building advertising parking for 50 cents. There ar...
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Fox Bluff Cottage

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Description: The Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff on the shore of Lake Mendota. There is a fence around the property, and a boat is pulled up on the shoreline.
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Fox Bluff Cottage

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Description: View up sloping lawn towards the Stanley Hanks cottage at Fox Bluff with a fence in the background. The cottage has a screen porch along one side and a rou...
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Ramsey Residence

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Description: View from street of the home of James Ramsey at 302 S. Mills Street. The house was built by Seth Bergin, a farmer and real estate investor, in 1846 in the ...
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Sybil Nash Playing the Piano

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Description: Sybil Nash, wearing a white blouse, sitting and playing the piano. Sybil Nash was a Hanks family friend.
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Playing Roy Rogers

Date: 1951
Description: Three boys are dressed in cowboy hats, gloves, boots, and t-shirts featuring Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger. One boy is holding a toy pistol on the other...

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