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The Onthank Residence

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Description: In the 1870s, Almira Morill Onthank converted the home into a guest house, and the residence stayed in the Onthank family for over a century.
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Danville Schoolhouse

Date: 05 1925
Description: View across road of the front facade of a rural schoolhouse. A small dog is lying on the entrance's front steps, and the sign above reads: "Liberty School ...
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Rock Scenery

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Description: View of house and farm buildings in Ableman with a rocky hill in the background.
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An Old Landmark — Effinger Park

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of buildings in Effinger Park. A dirt road leads up to the house where two cars are parked. There is a picnic table and a large tree in the f...
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Downtown Theresa

Date: 1971
Description: "Downtown Theresa from the water tower."
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German English Lutheran Church

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior of the German English Lutheran Church. The church has a gable roof and a steeple with a bell. In the foreground is a fence and field, and in the b...
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Cabbage, Tobacco Plants, and Sweet Corn

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: A plot of land in front of a row of houses features cabbage in the foreground, ripe, four-foot tall Havana seed leaf tobacco plants in the center, and swee...
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Farmers' Alliance Store

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of the Farmers' Alliance Store. On the side of the building are two signs that say: "Horseshoe Tobacco."
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General Merchandise Store and Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul...
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Group of People in Yard in Front of House

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Description: Two groups of people are posing in yard. On the left a man and woman are posing sitting, with the man resting his hand on a dog. Standing around them are t...
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View of McMyron Street

Date: 10 31 1925
Description: View of dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. An automobile is parked in the foreground, at the end of the road. Text at foot of pho...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down unpaved road towards an intersection on Main Street. On the left is a two-story wood frame building with two men and a dog on the porch and poste...
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Christian Church

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Description: View of front of a wooden rural church, with a columned porch, belfry and steeple. There is a weather vane on the steeple. A wood and wire fence surrounds ...
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Real Estate Office

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Description: A small real estate office in a rural setting advertising "Summer Homes for Sale on Red Cedar Lake." There is a house in the background on a low hill in th...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 562-573

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Description: A fire is not a place, but a containment
to keep burning.

A reassembly of inner flames around the patriarch,
A school and script for golden we...
Postcard

Newton Avenue

Date: 1911
Description: View across field of Newton Avenue. A group of people are posed in the field near trees, and houses are line the avenue on the left and right. Caption read...
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View of Madison

Date: 1905
Description: View of Madison in the far distance taken from the third floor of a home at 216 Campbell Street, in University Heights. There is a power line suspended in ...
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Residences of Two University of Wisconsin Professors

Date: 1902
Description: View across mowed field of two University of Wisconsin professors residences. On the left is the residence of Professor Harry L. Russell and to the right i...
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View of Unidentified Residence

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Description: View across yard full of plants towards a two-story wooden house with roofed porch entrances on the side and in front, a balcony, and gable decorations and...
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North Baldwin Street from Johnson Street

Date: 1925
Description: View of Baldwin Street in the mid 1920s from Johnson Street, which is unpaved, and has what appear to be streetcar tracks. There is a line of trees on John...

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