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Hudson High School

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Description: Exterior view from street towards the high school. A date stone above a second floor window reads: "Erected A.D. 1887."
Postcard

U.S. Lighthouse in Fish Creek

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Description: U.S. Lighthouse with people standing in the yard next to it. Caption reads: "U. S. Lighthouse, Fish Creek Wis."
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage

Date: 1930
Description: The Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage with trees scattered about, and a low, stone wall in the front. The caption accompanying this image reads as follows: "Tank Co...
Print

Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of Octagon House. Caption reads: "Neenah's octagon house has the virtue of simplicity. It seems to have been designed with only compass and s...
Drawing

William F. Vilas House

Date: 1954
Description: An illustration of the William F. Vilas house, 12 East Gilman Street, later occupied by the American Association of University Women.
Postcard

Pabst Residence

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view across street towards the mansion with large yard containing many trees and a fountain on the right. A smokestack is in the distant backgroun...
Postcard

Residential Street

Date: 1908
Description: Angled view of the left side of a residential street lined with trees, probably taken in early spring. The home of A.H. Allyn is on the left. A covered fou...
Drawing

Southern Home for Feeble Minded and Epileptics

Date: 1920
Description: Perspective drawing of a courtyard at Southern Colony for the Developmentally Disabled. An index to other drawings in the collection appears at left.
Print

International Station Wagon Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International station wagons, featuring a photograph of an International station wagon parked in a residential drivewa...
Print

Solar Home Centerspread

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Description: Center spread of a 12 page booklet named "Homes for tomorrow's happy living." The illustration is of a father, seated on the ground, and a mother, seated i...
Postcard

Light House, Port Washington

Date: 1911
Description: Tinted postcard view of the lighthouse at Port Washington. A U.S. flag flies above the roof at the upper left. Caption reads: "Light House, Port Washington...
Postcard

Stonefield

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Description: Elevated color postcard view of Stonefield Village from across the churchyard.
Postcard

"Dawn Manor," Lower Dells

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard view from the road of Dawn Manor, at Lower Dells, Lake Delton. The Dawn Manor is a small "gothic" house on the Dell View Hotel ground...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Cedarburg

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Description: Hand-colored elevated view of a residential neighborhood in Cedarburg. There is a church in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Birds [sic] Eye Vie...
Postcard

High School and Graded School

Date: 1908
Description: View of the high school (built 1908) and the Graded School (built 1894). Caption reads: "High School and Graded School, Cedarburg, Wis."
Postcard

High School

Date: 1909
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the high school obscured by trees. The red brick building has two-stories with a bell tower. Caption reads: "High School, Elroy, W...
Postcard

Panorama View of No. Fond du Lac

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Description: Elevated view of Fond du Lac, with a residential neighborhood in the foreground. Caption reads: "Panorama View of No. Fond du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

Congregational Church

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Description: Three-quarter view towards the front and side of the Congregational Church. Houses are in the background. Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Hancock, W...
Postcard

Gruss aus der Feststadt

Date: 1908
Description: Illustrated view of the home of Germania Saengerfest. Caption reads: "Gruss aus der Feststadt."
Postcard

Aposte Islands, Wis. Madeline Island, La Pointe, the Old Mission Church

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Description: View of a small wooden church among birch trees. Other buildings are in the background on the left.

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