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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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Pinckney Street at Night

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view at night of streetcars moving along the Capitol Square on Pinckney Street. Walzinger's Drugstore is one of the prominent storefronts on the l...
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Fountain City

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Description: Elevated view of Fountain City, with bluffs in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Fountain City, Wis."
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Crowds on Front Street in Beaver Dam

Date: 1910
Description: Crowds on Front Street during Dodge County Fair day, circa 1910-1915. Caption reads: "Front St., on a Dodge Co. Fair Day."
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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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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street.
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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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5th Avenue and Superior Street

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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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Tall-tale Postcard: Caught in Rock Lake

Date: 1910
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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Main Street with Streetcar

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Description: Colorized elevated view looking north down Main Street. There is a streetcar and two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground. Caption reads: "Main Street, l...
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Alhambra Theater Building

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the Alhambra Theatre Building on the corner of W. Wisconsin Avenue and N 4th Street. A U.S. flag flies from the top of the building. Capti...
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Historical Library, University of Wisconsin

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Description: Colorized postcard of an exterior view of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Text at top read...
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Wisconsin State Historical Library

Date: 1912
Description: Colorized postcard of an exterior view of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The text at the ...
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State Street Entrance to Historical Library

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Description: Colorized postcard of the State Street entrance of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Bascom ...
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Upper Campus, UW Madison

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Description: Photographic postcard of the upper campus viewed from the State Street entrance of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisco...
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Upper Campus, Historical Library

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Description: Black and white postcard of the Upper Campus, the west side of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin Historical Soci...

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