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Filter: Year of 1970-1979
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Camel rides at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) for children, given free by Zor Temple Camel Patrol on Sunday afternoons during the summer. A number of... |
| Date: | 08 1971 |
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| Description: | Color postcard elevated view towards the altar of the Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church. A Christmas tree is on the right. |
| Date: | 09 02 1975 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the interior of the Lodge at Telemark showing one of the largest stone fireplaces in the world. It is constructed out of 155 tons of nati... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Monument Square looking south. In the bottom right corner, a man sits on a bench looking at the fountain. The Civil War Soldi... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of commercial buildings and dwellings along the shore of Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Baileys Harbor, Wisc." |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of Main Street from porch on building at Stonefield Village. A horse bus with tourists is in the street. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of St. Martin's Lutheran Church. Dedicated 1886; used continuously until 1973. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of the Koepsel house being reassembled at Old World Wisconsin near Eagle. It is an 1860's half-timber farmhouse that was built ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | A rural scene in autumn through a fence and field towards a row of trees with yellow and orange leaves. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of Grace Lutheran Church. Text on reverse reads: "Grace Lutheran Church on Eau Claire, Wisconsin's Grand and Second Avenue on t... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | View across lawn and through trees towards a standing tower, with small windows and a cross at the top under the roof overhang. Caption reads: "Judson Towe... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Color postcard with an illustration of the hotel, and three inset photographs of a guest room, the bar and the restaurant. Caption at top reads: "Hika, Wis... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a fishing dock on Lake Michigan, which has a boat is on a boat lift. Another boat is pulled up on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a sports venue. A few automobiles are parked in the lot. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Corner view of St. Joseph's Cathedral, dedicated 1962. There is a clock in the steeple face. Automobiles are parked along the curbs. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View towards the shoreline of a river, with three boys sitting on the bank in the foreground. There is a building among trees on the opposite shoreline. An... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A woodcut illustration of a whiskey still. The message on the reverse is addressed to Senator Gaylord Nelson. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the church located at First and Winnebago Streets. A traffic light and a fire hydrant are at the corner. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Madison, Wisconsin photographed on infrared film at an altitude of 22 miles from a NASA research aircraft. Red = vegetation Blue ... |
| Date: | 02 1979 |
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| Description: | View of the forehead and torch of a replica of the Statue of Liberty installed by the Pail and Shovel Party on the snow-covered ice of Lake Mendota. Text o... |
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