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Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi...
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Road and Houses

Date: 1918
Description: View of a road and houses. Caption reads: "Big Bend, Wis."
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Courthouse and School Building

Date: 1908
Description: View of the courthouse and school building. Caption reads: "Court House and School Bldg., Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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Spring Bank Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Spring Bank monastery. Man kneeling in from of one of the Stations of the Cross. This is probably part of the Cistercian monastery. Caption reads: "Station...
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Solomon Log Cabin Replica

Date: 1955
Description: View toward the front entrance of the cabin with a stone chimney on the right.
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Park at Kilbourn Reservoir

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of city over Kilbourn Park Reservoir. In the grass is the name of the park in large white letters. Caption reads: "Kilbourn Park Reservoir, M...
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Whitefish Bay Resort

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of people walking on a path by the Whitefish Bay Resort along the lake front. Caption reads: "Whitefish Bay Resort, Milwaukee."
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1910
Description: Hospital Buildings. Designed in 1879 by H.C. Koch, a local architect, the hospital plans were based upon the "pavilion system" then popular in certain part...
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Sacred Heart Sanitarium

Date: 1904
Description: View across grounds toward the main building in the center with a lawn and paths in front. On the far left is a small attached building with a front porch....
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Boy and Girl Walking

Date: 1930
Description: A boy and girl walk down a path. She has her hand on his shoulder, and is wearing a dress and hat carrying a sack. He is dressed in shirt, knickers, stocki...
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Fountain in Oak Grove Cemetery

Date: 1911
Description: Hand-colored view of a fountain obscured by a flowering bush. Caption reads: "Fountain in Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis."
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Olin-Turville Park 1991

Date: 1991
Description: View of a wooded walking path. Caption reads: "Olin-Turville Park 1991, Madison, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "This area of Olin-Turville Park would be des...
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Maple Avenue

Date: 10 28 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Maple Ave., Sawyer, Wis." A view of an unpaved street with a church and other buildings on the right. On the left is a path, fence an...
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Murmuring Waters Resort

Date: 07 04 1951
Description: Text on front reads: "Cabin No. 3, Murmuring Waters Resort - Sayner, Wis." A clapboard cabin in the woods with a screened porch, with a path leading to the...
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John Schuch's Donges Bay Resort

Date: 08 05 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "John Schuch's Donges Bay Resort." A man stands on a trail, gazing over shrubs at a bay on Lake Michigan. The shoreline is surrounded ...
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Hog's Back

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Hog's Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hog's Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A man...
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Cold Water Canyon

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "In Cold Water Canyon, Dells of the Wisconsin." Steps and a path next to a stream in Cold Water Canyon. The scene is fully wooded and ...

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