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Bryn Mawr at Hillside Home School

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Description: A landscape photograph of Bryn Mawr at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wrigh...
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Whittier Hill

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Description: A landscape photograph of Whittier Hill at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd W...
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Down the Valley

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Description: A landscape photograph of the valley off of Whittier Hill at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunt...
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Landscape Near Hillside Home School

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Description: Landscape near Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Snow-Covered Skating Pond

Date: 1895
Description: Winter scene of the skating pond at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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G.W. Peck's Store

Date: 1890
Description: Front view of G.W. Peck's Store. The ground is covered with snow. The signs on the building read "Globe Steam Laundry" and the text below the photograph re...
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Buildings in Wausaukee

Date: 1907
Description: B.C. Flint's Jewelry Shop and the George Ullsperger tailor shop. The large building is Matt Pelnar's Hall (built by John Kallender). It was used for basket...
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Skaters in the Great Lakes Championships at Eckel Park in West Allis

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Description: Silhouetted in the dusk, skaters raced for the two mile title in the Great lakes championships at Eckel Park, West Allis. Verner Kappes, of West Allis, led...
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Kehl Winery

Date: 02 18 1960
Description: Stone building (winery) in winter. Kehl Winery operated from 1867 to 1899. It later became a dance hall. Excerpt from Sauk Prairie Star, Sauk City, 18 Febr...
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Mitchell-Rountree House

Date: 1945
Description: A view of the Mitchell-Rountree house. Built in 1837 for the Rev. Samueal Mitchell under the direction of his daughter's husband, Major John H. roundtree, ...
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of Octagon House. The caption reads: "The Pewaukee octagon house is the one for Poe. Legend says the man who built it killed his wife. Truth expla...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the Park Hotel in winter. A man on the left is pulling a sled piled with firewood.
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Railway Barn

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Description: A wintery view of the Southern Wisconsin Railway Company car barn.
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3-F Laundry Company

Date: 1930
Description: An exterior view of the 3-F Laundry Company located at 731 East Dayton Street. Two men are standing outside of the building next to a row of parked automob...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior of main entrance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Hatton Lumber Camp

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Description: Winter view of Hatton Lumber Company Camp, including a number of buildings and a man riding on a horse-drawn sled.
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Log Cabin

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Description: A view of a "log cabin of a pioneer". Two other log cabins are visible in the background.
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The Hay Crop

Date: 1895
Description: A promotional card advertising the large amounts of hay that can be growth in northern Wisconsin. The image shows three men posing on and beside a wagon ca...
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Bird's-Eye View of Iron River

Date: 1904
Description: View overlooking Iron River in winter. Several residences, and yards with fences are in the foreground. Wooded hills are in the far background.
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Grandad Bluff

Date: 1992
Description: View of Grandad Bluff with snow on the ground. There is an American Flag flying from a flagpole on the top of the bluff. Text on back of postcard reads: "F...

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