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| Description: | View looking south down Main Street, which is lined with commercial business. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street. Caption reads... |
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| Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18, entering the harbor. Caption reads: "Pere Marquette Steamer Entering, Milwaukee, Wis." |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street towards the high school. A date stone above a second floor window reads: "Erected A.D. 1887." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fountain City, with bluffs in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Fountain City, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Automobiles parked outside the Poplar Tourist Court. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Mobil gas station constructed of split stone. Next door, offering ice cream, soda pop, and groceries to motorists near Silver Lake, was the Boothville groc... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road with small bridge along a lake. A man is driving an open automobile towards houses in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard showing a man driving an early open automobile with a railroad overpass behind him. Caption reads: "Out for a Spin, Bonduel, Wis." |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Reproduction of an oil painting at the Blatz Brewing Company depicting a happy barmaid holding overflowing steins of beer as she dances atop a barrel of Bl... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Humorous cartoon postcard showing a man flying an airplane constructed primarily of beer bottles, pretzels and sausages, and powered by Miller beer over th... |
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| Description: | Milwaukee postcard showing a glass of beer, a pretzel, a cow and a milk maid. The card also features a short verse about Milwaukee's congeniality: "A cool ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored studio portrait of women and children in Swiss costume. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Muskie Inn. Caption reads: "Muskie Inn, Elcho, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across the railroad tracks towards downtown area, including The Faast Land Company and General Merchandise store, as well as a sign for the Faast Land... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Chruch. There are five people, probably a family, posing in front of the building. Caption reads: "Norwe... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an exterior view of the Frances Willard School with an American flag near the front door. Caption reads: "Frances Willard School, Jan... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the St. Joseph Orphanage, with lion statues at the entrance. Caption reads: "St. Joseph Orphanage, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | Interior view looking toward the altar. Caption reads: "Chapel of St. Joseph Orphan Home, Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of boats docked at the fishing wharf. People are fishing from the pier, and a group of people are in a rowboat near a ferry. There are ... |
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