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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: | Interior of a Catholic church. View of front of the church with the altar and religious icons. There are ornate designs near the ceiling and the arch to th... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of adults posing in front of a brick house. The house has a patterned design on the exterior. Below the peak of the roof, ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of W.E. Porter's two-story house. The house has fancy trim. Three women are seated in the grass on the left, and a boy and girl are o... |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of a privately built chapel, decorated in Norwegian style by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton, surrounded by trees. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the theater. There are posters in front of the entrance. A current attraction is George Fawcett in "The Frame... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of the stone hotel on a corner. Large awnings are over the first floor windows. Decorative ironwork is on the roof. Caption reads... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the interior of the theatre as seen from a rear box in the main auditorium. |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of a hotel with a porch. People on posing on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "Ureck's Auditorium Hotel, Brown's Lake." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the M.E. Church. Caption reads: "1st Methodist Episcopal Church, Burlington, Wis." |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of the Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank. The original building was designed by Louis H. Sullivan and constructed in 1919 of C... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A black and white photographic postcard view of the front of the Dickeyville Grotto. In the top left corner of the postcard is a small oval portrait of Fat... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Dickeyville Grotto. Caption reads: "Inside of Grotto at Dickeyville, Wis." The following description is printed on the back of the pos... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the "Welcome Inn" Tavern at the Hotel Interlocken. The painted walls have a German theme. Beer steins are displayed on the shelf above the... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the arched entrance to the main church at Holy Hill, with stained glass windows. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view towards the nave and the altar of St. Mary's Church. Caption reads: "Interior of St. Mary's Church, South Kaukauna, Wis." |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A two-story stone home in a Germanic-Austrian style. A decorative tile is set into the exterior between the windows on the second floor. Caption reads: "19... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Color postcard showing a three-story building, which has several signs indicating it is the Hotel Swoboda. Three cars are parked outside the building, and ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Color postcard showing a two-story brick building with a sign indicating it is a Masonic temple. A streetlight is in front of the building. At the bottom o... |
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| Description: | View of the window display of an ice cream parlor. There is a decorative wood screen hanging above a display of boxes of chocolate and signs for ice cream ... |
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