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Farmyard in France

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Description: View of farmyard, with stone farm buildings, with large haystacks on the left and right. Location: France.
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Clarence and Robbie G. at Findlay House

Date: 1912
Description: Two young men are standing in the foreground. Behind them is a fence and a house. There is a yard swing in the yard on the right. Caption reads: "Madison, ...
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Building at Walnut Grove

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Description: View across field towards a long, stone building. There is a small shed behind the building on the left, and a fence is on the right. A person is walking n...
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Klug Wedding Group Portrait

Date: 06 13 1895
Description: A large group is posing sitting in the yard of a stone building on the day of the wedding of Bertha Wendtland and William Klug. Some of the people in the g...
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All Faiths Chapel, Winnebago State Hospital

Date: 1985
Description: Text on reverse reads: "All Faiths Chapel. Winnebago State Hospital. Winnebago, Wisconsin. Completed in 1969. In addition to the main chapel, which seats 2...
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Prom Queen Candidates

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Seven U.W. co-eds, candidates for queen of the summer prom, lined up on the railing of the Memorial Union terrace. Left to right: Mimi Graham, Moline, IL; ...
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English Lutheran Church

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Text on front reads: "English Lutheran Church, Whitewater, Wis." A limestone church built in the Romanesque Revival style, surrounded by trees, lawns, side...
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The Penitentiary

Date: 11 16 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "The Penitentiary, Waupun, Wis." An elevated view of Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with ornate t...
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Waupun Correctional Institution

Date: 1983
Description: Text on front reads: "Waupun Correctional Institution." On reverse: "Waupun Correctional Institution. Located two blocks from Main Street on Madison Street...
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Waupun Public Library

Date: 02 01 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Waupun Public Library, Waupun, Wis." A woman is posing on the sidewalk in front of the library, which was built in 1904 of cut stone ...
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Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis." Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with ornate towers. A lawn,...
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Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis." Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with a lawn and trees. The ...
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Entrance to Prison

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Entrance to Prison, Waupun, Wis." Main entrance of the Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. Beyond the prison gates is the tower of th...
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Recreation Building

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Recreation Building, Wausaukee, Wis." A two-story, brick and stone building with a portico, gasoline pumps and arched windows.
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Telephone Building

Date: 06 22 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Telephone Bldg., Wausau, Wis." A stone building with a decorative parapet has three stories plus a lower level. Four men are standing...
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Post Office Building

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "The Post Office Building, Wausau, Wisconsin." Built of brick and stone, all of the windows have striped awnings and there is an ornat...
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Rothchild's Park Pavilion

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Rothchild's Park Pavilion, Wausau, Wis." The Prairie School style stone building was built in 1911. Street car tracks can be seen on ...
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Whispering Pines, Marl Lake

Date: 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "Camp Fireplace - Picnic Grounds - Whispering Pines - Marl Lake." A seal at lower right reads: "Chain o' Lakes Waupaca, Wis. The Killa...
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Post Office

Date: 11 17 1941
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1913 of Bedford Limestone in the Neoclassical style. It has an impressive portico, supported by...
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Children by the Reverend Abraham Jacobson Home

Date: 1877
Description: Detail from original. Original caption reads: "Three children stand at the corner of the home of the Reverend Abraham Jacobson (1836-1910) and his wife Nic...

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