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Substandard Housing in Milwaukee

Date: 03 1909
Description: Sandlot baseball game in front of a house and several outbuildings, all in dilapidated condition.
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Dilapidated Milwaukee House

Date: 03 1909
Description: Dilapidated Milwaukee house.
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Cedar Bark Lodge

Date: 1912
Description: Dilapidated Cedar Bark Lodge on Hermit Island, possibly during a period of renovation.
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Wrecked and Abandoned Automobiles in Pasture

Date: 05 16 1962
Description: Wrecked and abandoned automobiles in a hidden rural hollow.
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Gwinnette Court

Date: 1916
Description: Gwinnette Court two-room tenement houses, which were inhabited by twelve families. "Note the filthy condition of the front yard." These were eliminated by ...
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Monona Bay in Madison

Date: 1904
Description: Monona Bay from the railroad trestle looking southwest, close to where the railroad tracks cross North Shore Drive, (now Brittingham Park), with old houses...
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George Smith's Shack

Date: 12 31 1934
Description: Interior of hermit George Smith's squalid shack, 2 miles southwest of Cottage Grove.
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Backyard

Date: 09 02 1930
Description: View of a dilapidated backyard at Milwaukee and N. Bryan Street next to Madison Builders Supply.
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Reeder Smith House and Rickety Fence

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Description: Elevated view across road and fence towards two houses and a yard, bordered by a damaged, white picket fence. The house burned down in 1867.
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E. Pike Residence

Date: 1930
Description: View of the E. Pike residence. The owner is thought to have been a relative of Robinson D. Pike (1838-1905), a lumber merchant and the founder of Bayfield...
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E. Pike Residence

Date: 1930
Description: Back view of the E. Pike residence. A man is standing in the center. The owner is thought to have been a relative of Robinson D. Pike (1838-1905), a lumber...
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Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in an overgrown field. Producing charcoal was once a fairly large industry in De Pere.
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Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in ruins in a field beyond a fence, with electric power lines in the background.
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Doty Home

Date: 1870
Description: Doty home with trees in the yard.
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Stony Hill School

Date: 06 14 1946
Description: View of the school surrounded by trees, out in an overgrown field during a warm season. Stony Hill School house, where the first Flag Day was celebrated on...
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Long Tail Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Long Tail lighthouse. Built in 1847-1848 and abandoned in 1859 when a new frame lighthouse was built nearby.
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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Long Tail lighthouse, built in 1859.
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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1898
Description: View across field towards the lighthouse and other buildings among trees. Caption reads: "Long Tail Point, Green Bay, Wis."
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Tank Cottage

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Tank cottage before restoration, located on its original site on the west side of the Fox River. The cottage was built in 1776 by Jose...
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Tank Cottage and Yard Junk

Date: 1906
Description: A view of the cottage with large trees around it, and a stone wall in the front yard. Some windows appear shattered. Wooden pallets are stacked in the fron...

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