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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Sunken gardens at Mitchell Park, with the conservatory in the background. Caption reads: "Sunken Garden, Mitchell Park, Milwaukee." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a cottage surrounded by trees and a lawn. A man and woman are sitting in lawn chairs near an oval-shaped stone bordered group... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the Order of Eastern Star hospital at the Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm. Caption reads: "O.E.S. Hospital, Masonic Home, Dousman,... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance drive to the Petrifying Springs Clubhouse. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view from pier towards a private lakeside home on a hill, with a large garden leading down to the lake. Caption reads: "Ceylon Court, Ma... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View of a large private home with a manicured lawn, statue, and flower beds. Caption reads: "Residence of C.H. Lytton, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View of a private residence, with a stream running through the lawn in the foreground. Caption reads: "Home of S. B. Chapin, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across front lawn with curving sidewalk towards an ivy-covered house. There are flower beds along the walkway. Caption reads: "Countiss Residence, Lak... |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the front of the lodge. Text on reverse reads, in part: "Sunrise Lodge on beautiful Lac Vieux Desert, Land O' Lakes." "Offering the... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the three glass domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. Cars are parked in the parking lot and along the driveway, and groups of people a... |
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| Description: | An original half timber pioneer dwelling built in 1842. Located on Hwy 167 near Mequon. |
| Date: | 05 14 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "City Park, Rice Lake, Wis." View of a circular flower bed and tiered fountain in City Park, overlooking the lake. Trees surround the ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A timber and masonry house in the Ozaukee County Pioneer Village. Text on back reads: "Ozaukee County, Pioneer Village, Wisconsin. Karl Zettler Half-Timber... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A log house in the Ozaukee County Pioneer Village. Text on back reads: "Ozaukee County, Pioneer Village, Wisconsin. Typical of the home built by German Imm... |
| Date: | 09 09 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Normal and Lawn, Whitewater, Wis." Called "Old Main," this building was built in 1868 and destroyed in a fire in 1970. The garden in ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Elk Monument, Juneau Park and N. W. Depot, Milwaukee." Statue of an Elk on an elaborate plinth in a park with gardens, lawns and side... |
| Date: | 03 09 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "College of Law, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis." Exterior view of the Law Building on Bascom Hill on the UW-Madison campus. Th... |
| Date: | 09 05 1919 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Normal and Lawn, Whitewater, Wis." Called "Old Main," this building was built in 1868 and destroyed in a fire in 1970. The garden in ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 08 06 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Female Prison, Wisconsin State Penitentiary, Waupun, Wis." A building that housed female prisoners surrounded by trees, fences and ga... |
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