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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated exterior view of Yerkes Observatory. Geneva Lake is in the background, left. Roads and sidewalks cross the sweeping, well tended lawns. The desi... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of School for the Deaf. School also called State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Walker Hall, which is on the right, was added to the school... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of buildings through barren trees. There are patches of snow on the ground. Caption reads: "County Buildings, Elkhorn, Wis". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | John Philbrick Webster House. Built in 1836, the building served as the federal land grant office and courthouse. The composer Joseph Philbrick Webster use... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across grounds towards the Northwestern Naval and Military Acadamy. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The estate known as "Snug Harbor" built by George Sturges in 1884 and owned by the Sturges family until about 1908. In the driveway in front is a child in ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the south face of Wadsworth Hall. A flag flies from the pediment. A large lawn with shrubs and trees is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the west porch of Wadsworth Hall with wicker tables and chairs. There are papers on the table in the foreground and houseplants against the far wal... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the north front of Wadsworth Hall. A large garden is visible in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Pathways lead through trees on a lawn to the neo-classical styled White Memorial Library, funded by Mary Flavia White. In front of the library is Birge Fou... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View of the White Memorial library facade, with striped shades on the windows. A neoclassical style is visible in the columns flanking the door, the pedime... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the oldest house in Delavan. There are two large trees in the front yard. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Three elephants on the side of the road near Holloway Farm. Two of the elephants are chained together. They may have been circus animals going from one tow... |
| Date: | 02 22 1932 |
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| Description: | Children at the Honey Creek State Graded School, District No. 1, commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington with a dance performed... |
| Date: | 05 1931 |
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| Description: | Members of the rhythm bands from the Woods and Fontana state graded schools pose outdoors holding their instruments. The children in the front row and on t... |
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