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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across street toward the three-story, brick opera house. A horse-drawn carriage is on the street in front. |
| 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: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view looking north on Barnard Avenue from Packard Avenue. There are businesses, automobiles and pedestrians on both sides of the stre... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard with an elevated view of the Eau Claire Opera House, which has a roofed entrance over the sidewalk. At the curb are posters of coming at... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down center of Walworth Street with the Sprague Theater on the left. A hotel is on the lower right. Automobiles are parked all along the street. Capti... |
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| Description: | View of Main Street with the Retlaw Theater on the right. Automobiles and street car tracks are in the center of the street. Caption reads: "Main Street, l... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a central business block, featuring Adams Food Market IGA and a Post Office. To the left of the Post Office is a signboard fo... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of State Street from Fairchild Street to Bascom Hill. The Orpheum and the Civic Center are in the foreground. |
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| Description: | View down Bridge Street which is lined with businesses. Automobiles are parked at an angles along the curbs. Businesses include an electronics (TV/radio) s... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | The SC Johnson Wax Golden Rondelle Theater was built for the 1964 World's Fair in New York. Afterwards the Theater was moved to Racine. The SC Johnson Rese... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Burning of the Ripon Opera House, Ripon Wis." A dramatic scene at night, with flames consuming an Opera House which is silhouetted ag... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from River Falls, Wis." Text on the reverse reads: "The Chalmer Davee Library was built in 1954. In addition to the usual f... |
| Date: | 01 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Majestic Theatre and Main Street, Looking West, La Crosse, Wis." An urban street with many buildings and businesses. Pedestrians, bic... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The New Auditorium, Seymour, Wis." The newly finished brick auditorium with construction debris still evident. A man and a women are ... |
| Date: | 10 20 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "Opera House Block, Shullsburg, Wis." Diagonal view across unpaved street. The building on the right is the red brick, Italianate,... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "Main Street, Spring Green. Showing the Gard Theatre and Dutch Kitchen Restaurant." Buildings on Main Street with cars parked diag... |
| Date: | 11 01 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Post Block, Spring Green, Wis." Erected by George F. Post in 1894, the three-story Post Block consisted of a west half and an east ha... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Palace Theatre, Superior, Wis." A brick theatre with many windows and ornate decorative elements on the exterior. A child is on the s... |
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