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Habermann Hotel and Buffet

Date: 1900
Description: View across dirt road of two businesses. On the left is a two-story brick building with large windows which are painted with signs that say: "Habermann Buf...
Postcard

Cassville from a Bluff

Date: 1900
Description: View from bluff looking northwest at the town of Cassville. A church in the center is the dominant structure in the foreground. Caption reads: "Souvenir - ...
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Aerial View of Town and Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Aerial view of town. The Mississippi River and far shoreline is in the background. The Furnace Branch creek runs through the town in the foreground.
Postcard

Elevated View of Cassville

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Cassville and its residential area. Bottom text reads: "Souvenir, Cassville." Written at top right: "Cassvie Wis..... 190__."
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Threshing Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View across field of threshing scene, with steam-powered threshing machine and horse-drawn wagons. A large group of workers pose with men in suits. On the ...
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873.
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Nelson Dewey Wine Cellar

Date: 1905
Description: Wine cellar on the Nelson Dewey estate before it was remodeled.
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Laying 90 # Rail — Near Cassville, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad near a farm field.
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Hartford Cottage on the Mississippi River

Date: 1910
Description: A small cottage in a wooded setting. There is a small boat with a man on the shoreline. There is a steep bluff on the far shoreline. A Frank Feiker 'Souven...
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Dewey Farmhouse

Date: 1910
Description: View of exterior of house with snow on the ground. There is a steep hill in the background. The house was built after Nelson Dewey's death.
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Nelson Dewey Home

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Nelson Dewey home with snow on the ground.
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Velie Automobile

Date: 1914
Description: Two men sitting in an open car in a field. There is a bluff in the background. On the front of the car underneath the windshield is a license plate with th...
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Amelia Street

Date: 1907
Description: View across unpaved street of several houses, with board sidewalks, fences and power lines. In the background is a bluff.
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Flood at Cassville

Date: 1910
Description: A view of flooding in a residential area. Two women are posing near a tree on the left.
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Commercial Beehives in Woods

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Description: Beehives in the woods. They appear to be covered with wrapping for cold weather. There is a wire fence in the foreground.
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Parade through Downtown

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of parade with a band of clowns. One young boy dressed as a clown at the front is holding the American flag, and another clown holds a sign t...
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Automobile on a Snowy Road

Date: 1926
Description: Winter scene with a man in an automobile on a snowy road.
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Street Scene with Billboards

Date: 1920
Description: A man stands near the backs of billboards on the left along a street or alley. Power lines lead to the horizon, over what appear to be businesses or indust...
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Man with Horse and Buggy

Date: 1900
Description: Man standing in front of barbed wire fence with an orchard behind him. He is holding a branch of leaves and what appears to be fruit. The horse and the bug...
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Automobile Stuck in the Snow

Date: 1928
Description: Winter scene with a plowed road and automobile stuck in a snowbank. There is a snowplow in the background.

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