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Birthplace of Republican Party

Date: 1929
Description: 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican Party at Ripon. Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., stands on the podium in front of the Little Whi...
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Dill Hall

Date: 1925
Description: Dill Hall, a women's dormitory at Northland College. A clapboard building with wooden shingles, it caught fire in 1926 and was totally destroyed within a h...
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Pureair Sanatorium

Date: 1920
Description: Pureair Sanatorium, a tuberculosis sanatorium.
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Stanley Hotel in Chippewa Falls

Date: 1920
Description: View from street towards the Stanley Hotel on a corner, with large electricity poles on the sidewalk in front.
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McDonald Residence

Date: 1920
Description: View of a large house of Greek Architecture, with Corinthian pillars or columns. Built by John S. McDonald, and later owned by the McMillan estate. General...
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Beaumont House

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Israel Greene Beaumont house. The house was located at 203 South Jefferson Street at its intersection with Doty Street. Beaumont, its resident,...
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Miss Mahan's School

Date: 1920
Description: "Miss Mahan's School" with a tree in front and a farmhouse next door.
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Hotel Blodgett

Date: 1925
Description: The Hotel Blodgett, between the Paulsen Shoe Company and Trio Theater. Caption reads: "Hotel Blodgett Marshfield Wis."
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Ferry House

Date: 1923
Description: The 1847 Ferry House, a two-story wooden, classical revival style structure with six over six windows. There is a second-story front porch and small lean-t...
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Hotel Martinque

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the Hotel Martinque. Cars are parked on the street near the hotel, which is a three-story brick building with balconies.
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Memorial Continental Hall

Date: 1921
Description: A general view of the Disarmament Conference in Memorial Continental Hall from the balcony. Politicians sit around tables, and an audience gathers on the m...
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Infirmary at Bessie Tift College

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior of the infirmary at Bessie Tift College, founded in 1849. The small, two-story, wooden house features a balcony and porch.
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Poggatticut Lodge

Date: 1920
Description: Men and women sit in rocking chairs on the veranda at Poggatticut Lodge. The lodge was built in 1920.
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A Boathouse Crowd

Date: 1920
Description: View across water toward a crowd of people standing on both the upper and lower level floors of a boathouse overlooking the lake. On the water beside the s...
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View of a street scene featuring a central business district bordered by sidewalks and storefronts. A number of people are standing on the sidewalk and wal...
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CIty View

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated city view featuring a neighborhood in a hilly landscape. Published by A.P. Brown & Bro.
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Baird Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: A boy drinks from a drinking fountain on Baird Avenue, a residential street.
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John Gilbert's House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of actor John Gilbert's Spanish-style house at 1400 Tower Grove Road. There is a tower on the hill in the background.
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Wade House

Date: 1920
Description: View from road of the exterior of Wade House. Children and adults are posing sitting and standing on the porch and balcony.
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Ice Storm Aftermath

Date: 1922
Description: A man walks through debris along a metal railing at Cottonwood Villa after an ice storm. The lake, with houses and trees along the shoreline are in the bac...

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