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Drawing

Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
Photograph

John Lloyd Jones

Date: 1900
Description: John Lloyd Jones standing between his house and the post office shed.
Photograph

Old Beecher Tavern

Date: 1935
Description: Tavern in a state of deterioration, with rubble in front. The tavern is partly obscured by an oak tree, and a white house stands behind the tavern.
Photograph

Capitol Heating Plant

Date: 1939
Description: Hazy eastern view of the Capitol Heating Plant on East Main Street.
Photograph

Strang Cottage

Date: 1950
Description: The Strang cottage and Voree Postoffice.
Photograph

Plough Inn

Date: 1965
Description: Plough Inn, 3402 Monroe Street. Built in 1853 and added onto in 1858. The home was originally built for German immigrants Frederick and Amelia Puanack, and...
Photograph

The Plow Inn During Winter

Date: 1936
Description: A winter view of the Plow (Plough) Inn, sometime before 1936.
Photograph

Berniger Park, Pioneer Summer Resort

Date: 1900
Description: House with several trees, and a horse and cart on the road in front. Located on Pierce Street near the Falk Brewery. It is Unknown whether or not "Pioneer...
Photograph

Piggsville

Date: 1940
Description: Small neighborhood of the city at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley. Overhead is the second Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct, demolished in 1992. Cars a...
Photograph

Old Dorchester Road

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Description: A view of Old Dorchester Road, a small dirt, country road with a small wooden structure or house one one side, and lined with trees and telephone poles on ...
Photograph

Pleasant Plains Memorial

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Description: The Pleasant Plains Memorial statue honoring the soldiers from the fifth ward who fought in World War II. The bronze statue of a woman holding a palm and ...
Photograph

Cattle Driven Down a Street

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Description: View of cattle being driven down a street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Covington, LA."
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: A man on crutches is walking down the street. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the street. Business sign reads: "Lowell Commercial Co. General Merchan...
Photograph

Row of Homes

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Description: Children standing in the rear of a row of homes.
Photograph

Row of Homes

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Description: Several people sit on the porches of a row of homes in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
Photograph

View Down Chestnut Street

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Description: Looking West on Chestnut Street with the Buffalo Valley Inn in the foreground.
Photograph

Street of Newly Built Homes

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Description: View of a street with largely identical newly built houses in a company town of Pepperell Manufacturing Company. The street and yards are dirt, and trees h...
Print

Rural Route No. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, with a woman in front of a house retrieving mail from a mailbox and a horse-drawn U.S. R.F.D. ma...
Photograph

Saving Energy with Insulation

Date: 1979
Description: During an energy tour of his district Congressman Obey visited various sites to observe projects to increase energy efficiency. Here a workman is preparing...

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