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Site of Holton Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A car and driver stop on a country road near Mt. Horeb at the site of the Holton Tavern. A windmill and tree stand on the site and there is debris at the ...
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Mayne Hotel

Date: 08 1925
Description: A mower and car parked in front of the dilapidated Mayne Hotel. Two boys are standing to the right of the car, and two men are talking near a wagon and bug...
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Building with Billboard

Date: 04 16 1980
Description: View from across street of a rectangular dilapidated building featuring arched windows. A billboard for H. Dan Wright Insurance is under the fire escape.
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Rundown Farm Buildings

Date: 10 1930
Description: View across a road and field of several rundown farm buildings located near a farmhouse. The image was used to illustre: "poor farm buildings."
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Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: Main Street, where two young girls walk on the sidewalk, and a horse and carriage and two cars are parked in the street. There is a townhouse complex on th...
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Beach Pavilion

Date: 1925
Description: A weathered building stands on a beach, possibly in the state of Washington. A Falstaff beer sign is painted on its side. There is a bridge or viaduct in t...
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Newport House

Date: 1920
Description: Clothes hang on the line behind a large wood frame house. The roof is in need of repair. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, holds a dachsund in a car par...
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Field of Flowers

Date: 1920
Description: A car, left, is parked beside a field of blooming daisies. There is an old log cabin in the background.
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Albion Town Hall

Date: 1932
Description: View across street of car parked in front of a modest neoclassical style building with an arched window over its double front door. It is shaded by a large...
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Jeffry's Mill

Date: 01 22 1932
Description: Two men fish from a diving platform while a third fishes from the shore at Jeffry's Mill. The tall, wood frame mill building is in the background, with an ...
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Convent at St. Nazianz

Date: 1935
Description: View across lawn towards a car parked near the entrance of the convent at St. Nazianz. Built of light-colored brick, the convent has been known as the Pink...
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Gills Rock

Date: 09 06 1937
Description: Men and women are standing around the ferry landing at Gills Rock. Automobiles are parked along the drive. Fishing nets on dryers are stacked at left, in f...
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Yahara River

Date: 03 27 1937
Description: View across water towards a well-dressed man and woman posing in front of a car while another man takes their photograph. A woman and young girl are lookin...
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Rear View of Joseph Hackel Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Johnson Street towards the rear of the Joseph Hackel Building. Though the two halves look like separate buildings from the back, they are ...
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Castle and Doyle Building, Rear View

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Fairchild Street towards the back side of the Castle and Doyle Building, which houses the Castle and Doyle Fuel Company. Paint is peeling...
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C.E. Buell Building, Rear View

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Fairchild Street towards the back side of the C.E. Buell Building. The building is three stories high and contains apartments, with a fir...
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Haswell Building, Rear View

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Fairchild Street towards the back side of the Haswell Building. The building houses Leath's Furniture Store, and there is a loading dock ...
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Parthenon Gyros Restaurant

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Parthenon Gyros restaurant, a weathered, two-story brick building. To the right is the Bertrand Building, and to the l...

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