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| Date: | 07 01 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Main Street. Many people can be seen on the sidewalks and flags decorate the buildings. The street is not paved and several horse-... |
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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 ... |
| Date: | 09 28 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Main Street. Buildings and trees line the street. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and the sidewalks. Text b... |
| Date: | 08 22 1964 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the Community Church with many trees surrounding it. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an aerial view of town. There is a lake in the background in the upper left. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the Community Church with many trees surrounding it. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Catholic church and parsonage. Caption reads: "Catholic Church and Parsonage, Abbotsford, Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard down road toward a building on the right. Signs indicate that the Post Office and Fire Marshall can be found within. Two automobiles ... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a car coming down a road. There is a fence on the left near trees, and there are telephone poles in the background. Caption reads: "G... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the railroad yard. Across an empty yard where a few large pipes lay, a locomotive with smoking stack and cars is on railroad track... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Chicago and North Western Depot. A group of children are in front of the depot near a cart, and two men work nearby. |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view toward buildings along the left on Main Street. A tavern is next to a general store with a gas pump on the corner. Two automobil... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of workers, all men, and one boy, posing outside of a wooden building. Three of the workers wear white aprons. Four of the... |
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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 group of people posing in front of a two-story wooden home with a large porch on which American Flags are displayed. A windmill st... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a train stopped at the Chicago & North West railroad station. A small group of people stand in the grass waiting beside the tracks... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline towards the bridge over the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Bridge Over Wisconsin River, Bridgeport, Wis." |
| Date: | 02 01 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the toll bridge that spans the Wisconsin River. Part of the bridge is covered. Several men stand along the railing. A sign warns "... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Shrine of Saint Philomena. It is a large stone structure with a marquee over the statue in the center that reads: "St. Philome... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a group of men, children and a dog posing in front of Lake House. Another man with two children are sitting on the porch step... |
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