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Post Office

Date: 1911
Description: Men, possibly postal workers, standing on the front steps of the local post office with crates and barrels in the foreground.
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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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Broadhead and Hudson Streets

Date: 1909
Description: Mazomanie Post Office and the State Bank on the corner of Broadhead and Hudson. On the left a young girl stands in the dirt road. Further down the block a ...
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Seymour Corner Store and Gas Station

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of a general store and gas station operated by James Smith. Four people stand posed in front of the building.
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Hotel Ward

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of Ward Hotel from road. Sign painted on roof of turret says, "Hotel Ward." A large group of men, two women, and a dog, are posing on the sidewalk...
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Central Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of Central Hotel on corner lot from street. There is a dog lying on the porch on the left, and a man relaxing in a chair with his feet on a post o...
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Four Men Outside Garage

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Description: View from across street of four men posed next to two automobiles in front of a garage.
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Middleton Business District

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Description: View from road of the business district, with a horse-drawn wagon parked in front of a large commercial building near the sidewalk. The first of three deco...
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Business Section

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view of the central business district. The Avoca Cooperative Company is on the street corner on the left. Three men congregate near a car parked a...
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Main Street Looking Toward Canning Factory

Date: 1922
Description: View down street towards a Ford sales and service center on the left, and a canning factory in the background. A man stands near a parked car, and behind h...
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Blacksmith Shop

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Description: Exterior view from across road of a man in overalls standing in front of the Dobson Brothers General Blacksmith and Repair Shop. The Methodist Evangelical ...
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Main Street

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Description: View down street of intersection at Main Street. The commercial street houses a bank, printing press, clothing shop, and hotel. A man makes repairs from a ...
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Depot and Train — Belleville

Date: 1922
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Belleville train depot. A group of people on the platform approach the train.
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Street Scene

Date: 1931
Description: View down middle of street. On the left a man and two children stand near a truck parked in the driveway of a service station.
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The Dane County News Office

Date: 1925
Description: View from street of three people posing in front of the printing office and shop.
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City Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: View down road towards a man and woman riding in a carriage pulled by a team of horses past the City Hotel.
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Stock Days

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Stock Days. Horses and wagons loaded with livestock are lined up in a row on the snowy street. On the right is a train decorated with Amer...
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Looking East from Post Office

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior of the post office. On the sidewalk, a man and woman stand and three men sit on the steps. A black car is parked at the curb. A hand-powered pump ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: View down road of children posing on the side of the road. Two people sit in an automobile. In the background are commercial buildings, and horse-drawn veh...
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P.J. Blindert's General Store

Date: 1918
Description: The exterior of P.J. Blindert's general store, with an awning over the storefront, and a loading dock on the left. A man and a woman stand in the road in f...

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