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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Looking south from the capitol dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol, the view is of West Main Street bound by South Hamilton Street and Monona Avenue (now M... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside... |
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| Description: | Oakleigh Lodge on the south shore of Lake Monona, one-time home of Dr. and Mrs. William Reginald Reynolds of Dublin, Ireland, who purchased the house and 6... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Brick band pavilion, with five steps leading to entrance, shrubbery around the exterior, and houses and trees in the background. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | John Philbrick Webster House. Built in 1836, the building served as the federal land grant office and courthouse. The composer Joseph Philbrick Webster use... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Eager Free Public Library. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of the First Methodist Church. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the Captain John Cotton residence. Also known as "Beaupre", this Greek Revival style house was built in 1842 for Cotton, a retired U.S. Army office... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The First National Bank, on the corner of North Pinckney and East Washington on the Capitol Square. Horse-drawn carriages are on East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. One of the largest machinery manufacturing plants in America, which produces turbine engines, gas produ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | The Government Indian School in Keshena. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | The U.S. Department of the Interior, Keshena Indian School. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The Guenther Half Way House. People traveling between Wausau and Stevens Point by stage stopped here overnight. The 100-year-old tavern was torn down in 19... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Indian boarding school at Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Reservation. Children are in front of the building, and in the side yard. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Territorial Supreme Court building of the Wisconsin Territory (embracing present Iowa and Minnesota) built in 1836 of lumber brought by wat... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836. South side. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A roughly built jail, constructed before 1836. Vineyard would have been held here a short time before he was released on bail. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, formerly the Presbyterian Church, dedicated in 1844. The small building to the right of the church was built and occupi... |
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