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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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| Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18, entering the harbor. Caption reads: "Pere Marquette Steamer Entering, Milwaukee, Wis." |
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| Description: | View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fountain City, with bluffs in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Fountain City, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Automobiles parked outside the Poplar Tourist Court. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Mobil gas station constructed of split stone. Next door, offering ice cream, soda pop, and groceries to motorists near Silver Lake, was the Boothville groc... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road with small bridge along a lake. A man is driving an open automobile towards houses in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard showing a man driving an early open automobile with a railroad overpass behind him. Caption reads: "Out for a Spin, Bonduel, Wis." |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| 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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| Description: | Exterior view of the Muskie Inn. Caption reads: "Muskie Inn, Elcho, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across the railroad tracks towards downtown area, including The Faast Land Company and General Merchandise store, as well as a sign for the Faast Land... |
| Date: | 03 23 1909 |
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| Description: | Five International Harvester Auto Buggies with men sitting inside are on a dirt road in front of the Spooner Lumber Company. Caption reads: "Delivery of I.... |
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| Description: | Exterior view across intersection toward Ed. E. Williams' Drug Store, Langlade National Bank, and The Gismonda Soda Fountain at 5th Avenue and Superior Str... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of boats docked at the fishing wharf. People are fishing from the pier, and a group of people are in a rowboat near a ferry. There are ... |
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| Description: | View across water towards a large ferry docked at the fishing wharf. A large group of people are standing on the pier, and passengers are standing at the r... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own... |
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