Thanks to a grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, WHS has digitized transfers from the John Nash Ott Collection. View a small selection here.
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John Nash Ott Digitization
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Lakeside Firemen – Hose Company c. 1900
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House of the Season: 635 Maple
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The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
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Ask 411: The Aitken Building
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