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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Smith Cobblestone Inn

Date: 1933
Description: Southeast view of the Jesse Smith Cobblestone Inn.
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Hawks Tavern

Date: 1850
Description: Angled front view of front and left side of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
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Buena Vista House

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Description: View of the hotel from across the street through trees and a fence. The hotel was later called the Cobblestone Inn. A small building on the left near the h...
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Wade House

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Historic Intersection

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of intersection of the Janesville Plank Road and North Cape Road at Hales Corners, also showing Schubrino's Saloon. The Janesville road, some...
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Intersection of Janesville Plank and North Cape Road

Date: 1918
Description: Intersection of Janesville Plan and North Cape Road, with telephone poles lining North Cape Road and cars parked on the side of Schunbrino's Saloon.
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Tony's Tavern

Date: 03 1960
Description: Exterior front view of Tony Urso's Westside Palm Tavern located at 730-736 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. Typewritten sheet with pho...
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Smith Tavern

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of the Jesse Smith tavern.
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Jesse Smith Tavern

Date: 1914
Description: View of the Jessie Smith Tavern, with a group of people and a horse-drawn carriage outside.
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Chicago Stageroad Marker

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Chicago Stageroad marker erected by the local Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Ruggles Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of Ruggles Tavern from yard. There is a long, screened-in porch along the front of the L-shaped building. A stone mounting block is at the c...
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View of Spring Tavern

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Description: View of the Spring Tavern, located on the way towards Verona, and its surrounding yard.
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Knowlton House

Date: 1910
Description: A photographic postcard of "The Old Tavern" built at Knowlton in 1849. It is a large wooden classical revival style building. A dog joins a group of peopl...
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Mother Chick Tavern

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Description: The Mother Chick Tavern, where Nathan Hale, widely considered America's first spy during the American Revolutionary War, stopped the night before his captu...
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Approach to Washington Inn

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Description: View down the road leading to Washington Inn, built prior to 1768.
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Wade House Opening Day

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195...
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Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and...
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Testing of the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1915
Description: Copy of chromolithograph of the testing of the first reaping machine at Steele's Tavern, W. Virginia." The scene includes racist depictions of enslaved Afr...
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Old Wade House

Date: 1970
Description: Two people are walking on the brick courtyard at the Old Wade House, a Wisconsin Historical Society site. The Old Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoac...

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