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Main St. Looking South

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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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State Street and Lake Street

Date: 1950
Description: Color view of the State Street and Lake Street intersection, with the Co-op book store, the Rennebohm Drug Store and the Wisconsin State Capitol at the end...
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State Street

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of town. There is an unusual automobile parking pattern in the center of State Street. There is a sign for "Billiards" on a building in the r...
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College Avenue

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized view of automobiles parked on College Avenue, the brick-paved main street. Caption reads: "College Avenue, Appleton, Wis."
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Eagle River Street Scene

Date: 1935
Description: Traffic on Wall Street in Eagle River.
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Eagle River Street Scene

Date: 1958
Description: View down center of street in downtown Eagle River, with traffic, pedestrians, and automobiles parked along the curb. There are storefronts and signs on bo...
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Outagamie County Court House

Date: 1945
Description: Linen-type postcard depicting Outagamie County Court House. This view was issued by the Curt Teich company in 1945, the year in which Joseph R. McCarthy, c...
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Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Photographic postcard of Wisconsin Avenue. Many automobiles are being driven, and others are parked at the curb at an angle. The street sign on the corner ...
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Circus World Museum

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Description: Elevated view of the Circus World complex, with railroad cars, a tent and the arena where the circus shows are held. There is a parking lot in the backgrou...
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The Office at the State Farm and Craft Museum

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Description: Color postcard of the Office at the State Farm and Craft Museum at Stonefield Village.
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Finney Library

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Description: View from street towards the Finney Library, with cars parked at an angle in front. The firm of H.T. Liebert of Milwaukee and Wausau was the architect. Cap...
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Broadway, East De Pere

Date: 1920
Description: View down center of street towards automobiles and trucks parked at an angle along the curbs in the central business district. Caption reads: "Broadway, Ea...
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Main Street

Date: 1930
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Main Street commercial district, with automobiles and trucks parked at the curbs. Signs are on the buildings for Dinner's...
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Street Scene

Date: 1920
Description: Iowa Street, looking south, with the Iowa County Courthouse on the right. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street. Caption reads: "S...
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Trees for Tomorrow Conservation Camp

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the camp, including a numbered index of the buildings. Used as an application form for a forestry workshop. Founded in 1944, located at 519 ...
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Trees for Tomorrow Environmental Center

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the Trees for Tomorrow Environmental Center, with buildings, grounds, roads, and the Eagle River. Founded in 1944.
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Street Scene

Date: 1945
Description: Diagonal view across Hwy 99 going through Eagle, Wisconsin. Probably Jericho Street, but unmarked. Cars are parked at an angle in front of storefronts lini...
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Street Scene

Date: 1920
Description: View down center of unpaved street, showing storefronts on the right, with a metal railing between the street and sidewalk. There is a gas pump at the rail...
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Wall Street

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of Wall Street (STH 70). In the foreground is an intersection, with a sign that reads: "Look Out for the Cars." There are storefront...
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Eau Claire Vocational, Technical and Adult School

Date: 1963
Description: Aerial view of Eau Claire Vocational, Technical and Adult School campus. Postmark is May 4, 1982. Mailed to U.S. Representative David Obey in Washington, ...

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