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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view across street of the facades of furniture and clothing shops. Caption reads: "East Main Street, Looking North, Athens, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the exterior of the high school. A bell tower is on the roof. Caption reads: "High School, Athens, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of a row of wood frame houses. Caption reads: "Residence Street, Edgar, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the fox kennels at a fur farm. The main office is in the center of the fenced-in area. Caption reads: "Lemmer Fox and Fur Co., Marathon, Wis. U.S.A... |
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| Description: | View of a man standing in a fenced-in area feeding a fox. Caption reads: "Lemmer Fox and Fur Co., Marathon, Wis. U.S.A." |
| Date: | 08 27 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "John Brinkman, Sr., Residence, Rozellville, Wis." A two-story dwelling with intricate exterior ornamentation and a cupola. There is a... |
| Date: | 11 21 1911 |
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| Description: | Text in the upper right corner in red ink reads: "Things to do in Rozellville, Wis." Two hunters stand around a pile of giant rabbits that they have killed... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Brooks & Ross Sawmill & Dam, Schofield, Wis. 1909." The dam and millpond with the sawmill behind it. There are multiple buildings wit... |
| Date: | 10 07 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Stratford, Wis." An unpaved street with boardwalks and dwellings on the left, more dwellings and farm buildings on the ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Rothchild's Park Pavilion, Wausau, Wis." The Prairie School style stone building was built in 1911. Street car tracks can be seen on ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "But you will not go astray if you go to the 'Palm Garden. F.J. Gaetzman, Wausau, Wis." A photo postcard with two images. On the left ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Post Office Building, Wausau, Wisconsin." Built of brick and stone, all of the windows have striped awnings and there is an ornat... |
| Date: | 06 22 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Telephone Bldg., Wausau, Wis." A stone building with a decorative parapet has three stories plus a lower level. Four men are standing... |
| Date: | 07 23 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Below the High Bridge After the Flood. Wausau, Wisconsin." Railroad cars were swept away when dams at Brokaw and Merrill failed on th... |
| Date: | 07 23 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Below the High Bridge After the Flood. Wausau, Wisconsin." Railroad cars were swept away when dams at Brokaw and Merrill failed on th... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Ski Tow on Rib Mountain, Wausau, Wis." On reverse: "Rib Mountain, just outside of Wausau, is a Winter Paradise boasting, among other ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wausau, Wisconsin, 'Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest.'" On reverse: "Renowned throughout the midwestern states as the center of w... |
| Date: | 10 24 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade, Wausau, Wisconsin." Elevated view of a parade on a city street with street car tracks, near an u... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on the basketball reads: "Wausau Cardinals '15." Five young men are sitting on small stools for a studio portrait. The man in the center is wearing sh... |
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