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Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: Children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), donated by the citizens of the Madison area. A stone bridge is in the ba...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the church. Caption reads: "M.E. Church, Frederic Wis".
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State Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of a State Street sidewalk and its surrounding environment. Along the left are trees and a lawn, and along the sidewalk is a stone wall. Trees are alo...
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Wisconsin State Historical Society Building

Date: 1967
Description: Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Students a...
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Wisconsin State Historical Society Building

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Description: Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. In the for...
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Upper Campus, UW Madison

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Description: Photographic postcard of the upper campus viewed from the State Street entrance of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisco...
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Shrine of Saint Philomena

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Shrine of Saint Philomena. It is a large stone structure with a marquee over the statue in the center that reads: "St. Philome...
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Man on a Stone Wall Enjoying a Country Scene

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Description: Color postcard of a man sitting on a stone wall along a road while enjoying a country scene. The road curves through the hills and the trees are starting t...
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Von Stiehl Winery

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Description: Color photographic postcard of the exterior to the Von Stiehl Winery building. The Italianate structure was built in 1868 on what is now called South Water...
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High School

Date: 08 17 1914
Description: Colorized photographic postcard view of the exterior of the high school, which has two-stories, and is surrounded by a lawn. A tree is obscuring the facad...
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Carnegie Library

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Description: Exterior view of the front facade of the library. Caption reads: "Carnegie Library, Bayfield, Wis."
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Barstow Street

Date: 1905
Description: The printed inscription identifies this view of "Bairstow [sic] Street, Montello, Wis." It is a view down a sidewalk towards the Methodist Church on the le...
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St. Francis (Borgia) Church

Date: 1871
Description: View toward the church, which is a stone building with a clock in the bell tower/steeple. Arched windows are on the front and sides. A fence is running alo...
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Fire House

Date: 1938
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of the Ephraim Fire House, which is a stone building with stone turrets and walls. Caption reads: "Fire House, E...
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Moravian Church

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Description: Color postcard of the Moravian Church, established 1853. It is a large, white wooden building with a steeple over the entrance.
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Home 8, Scandinavian Peasant Craft Shop

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Description: Hand-colored black and white photographic postcard with an elevated view of the three-story log structure and attached buildings with shrubs in the yard, a...
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Menasha Paper Co.'s Office

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Description: The office building for the Ladysmith branch of Menasha Paper Co. Caption reads: "Menasha Paper Co.'s Office, Ladysmith, Wis."
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St. Mary's Parish

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Description: Night view of St. Mary's Church, showing the tower and front of the church. Streetlights and floodlights around the church illuminate the facade. The rear ...
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Library Steps and Lower Campus

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Description: View of the steps of the Langdon Street entrance to the Historical Society building. The armory (red gym) is across the street in the background. Caption r...
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Republican House Restaurant

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School...

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