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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of north walkway of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on the left, and a car... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Keenan House at 28 East Gilman Street, which was the residence of Dr. George Keenan, Chauncey Williams, and Col. J.H. Knight, and today a Madison landm... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of Babcock Memorial Garden on the University of Wisconsin campus with bench. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1851. It claims to be "the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal church in the world." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front entrance of Octagon House. Caption reads: "Another Fond du Lac octagon is this one, built in 1850, although it looks for all the world like one of th... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Colonel Elihu Phillips home, built in 1854. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the octagon house. The caption below the photograph reads: "This house, built in 1849, is on Jefferson county trunk M, near Fort Atkinson. Its oute... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across grounds, with trees and shrubs on the lawn, towards the Main building and dormitory with ivy on the corner. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Tank cottage. The cottage was built about 1803 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it was purchased by Jacques Porlier... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Tank Cottage, aka the Roi-Poerlier-Tank Cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the front of the cottage and the stone wall. Text reads: "Roi 1776, Porlier 1805, Tank 1850." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Tank cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it was purchased by Jacques Porl... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Jeremiah Curtin house located at 8685 West Grange Avenue. This stone and stucco residence was erected in the mid-1830s by Irish immigrants Davi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Deutsches Haus, formerly the Dudley house. |
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