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| 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: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of automobiles parked on College Avenue, the brick-paved main street. Caption reads: "College Avenue, Appleton, 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... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | The Valley Motel and Colonial Restaurant at the intersection of Highways 41 and 29. This motel boasts that it has a large lighted swimming pool as well as ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Reproduction of an oil painting at the Blatz Brewing Company depicting a happy barmaid holding overflowing steins of beer as she dances atop a barrel of Bl... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Tourist camp at Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Humorous cartoon postcard showing a man flying an airplane constructed primarily of beer bottles, pretzels and sausages, and powered by Miller beer over th... |
| Date: | 07 03 1886 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard of the interior of the Schlitz Palm Garden. Located on N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue, the Schlitz Palm Garden opened on... |
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| Description: | Milwaukee postcard showing a glass of beer, a pretzel, a cow and a milk maid. The card also features a short verse about Milwaukee's congeniality: "A cool ... |
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| Description: | View up the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This shows a detail of the rotunda before restoration, showing the relationship of the curved surfaces ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored studio portrait of women and children in Swiss costume. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard showing an exterior view of the Carnegie Library. A small group of children is gathered on the stairs at the front of the building. C... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street, on the Capitol Square with pedestrians, automobiles and a streetcar. Caption reads: "New Prk Hotel, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Muskie Inn. Caption reads: "Muskie Inn, Elcho, Wis." |
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| Description: | Hand-colored exterior view of chapel. Caption reads: "St. Rose Chapel, La Crosse, Wis." |
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