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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the Kissel Motor Car Company. The elevated view shows the factory buildings, water towers, railroad cars and track. A dirigib... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street, which is lined with businesses. City Hall is on the right, and a dentist's office is across the street on the left. Caption reads: "... |
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| Description: | Elevated view across the Rubicon River towards the factory on the far shoreline. Caption reads: "West Bend Aluminum Co., Hartford Division, Hartford, Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Kissel auto plant in between the railroad and the river. A dirigible and bi-plane have been cut and pasted onto the image. Caption rea... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the aftermath of a fire at a canning factory. Men are inspecting the charred ruins, which are smoking. Buildings and a church tow... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View of the high school, a three-story brick building with arched windows on the second floor. Caption reads: "High School, Hartford, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards the front of the First National Bank, a red limestone building with large arched windows flanking the arched entrance. A row of four arched wi... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered for the arrival of Buster Brown at the high school. Buster is in the backseat of a roadster. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the railroad yards. Factories and warehouses are on the left. Caption reads: "R. R. Yards, Hartford, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across street towards the M.E. Church, with Tudor-influenced architecture. Caption reads: "M.E. Church, Hartford, Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across street towards the First Evangelical Church. A lamppost is at the curb in front, and a driveway curves along the left sid... |
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| Description: | View across driveway and grounds towards St. Joseph's Hospital, a brick building with a fire escape on the left side. Bushes and young trees have been plan... |
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| Description: | View from street towards the front of a wood-frame church with a second floor. Caption reads: "Redeemer English Lutheran Church, Hartford, Wis." |
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| Description: | A litho-chrome postcard of a dam on the Rubicon River. There is a railroad yard on the far bank. Caption reads: "Old Mill Dam, Hartford, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of the water tower. A stable is to the right at the base of the tower on the right. Other buildings are in the background on the left. Caption reads: ... |
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