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Tall-tale Postcard: The Daddy of Them All

Date: 08 05 1922
Description: Two fishermen on a lake catch a giant fish. Both of the fishermen are wearing hats and one is smoking a pipe. A dock and the tip of a boat are in the foreg...
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Scene on Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard looking down Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons and people line the street next to local businesses, including the post office and hardw...
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View of the Dam

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Description: Photographic postcard view across a stream toward a dam and adjoining building. There appears to be a silo behind the tree on the left. Caption reads: "Vie...
Photograph

Northwestern Depot at Necedah

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Description: View from side of railroad tracks of a train at the depot. A few men stand on the platform, and a man is pulling a luggage cart.
Photograph

North Main Street

Date: 1890
Description: View down unpaved street, which has numerous horse-drawn vehicles parked along the curbs. People are on the street and sidewalk, with a larger group and a ...
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High School Building

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards the high school building, with a bell tower. Caption reads: "High School Building, De Forest, Wis."
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Congregational Church

Date: 1910
Description: View down snowy, unpaved street towards the Congregational Church. Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Dodgeville, Wisconsin."
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Four Wheel Drive

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of the United States Military surveying four wheel drive (FWD) trucks, manufactured in Clintonvlle, carrying supply boxes. Caption r...
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Main Street, North

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Description: View down north Main Street. The Hotel Wrchota is on the left. Horse-drawn vehicles and automobiles are further down the street. A tree-covered hill is in ...
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Telescopic View Over Friendship and Adams, Wis.

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Description: Elevated view of Friendship, with houses and commercial buildings.
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Northern Wisconsin Pine Forest

Date: 1909
Description: View up a dirt path leading through a pine forest. Caption reads: "Northern Wisconsin Pine Forest, Near Hazelhurst, Wis."
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Mill Scene, Kelly, Wisconsin

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Description: View of a sawmill. A man is standing near a horse on the right. The building in the back has many broken windows. Caption reads: "Mill Scene, Kelly, Wiscon...
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City Park

Date: 02 25 1911
Description: Caption reads: "City Park, Stanley, Wisconsin". A city park with a water tank on a metal structure in the center, with a gazebo behind. In the background a...
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Cottages South of the Waldheim

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Cottages South of the Waldheim, Star Lake, Wis." View across lake towards boathouses and docks on the shore of Star Lake, with cottag...
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Scene in Tomah

Date: 06 10 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene in Tomah, Wisconsin." A man is standing with his team of horses at a public drinking fountain on Superior Avenue, a wide unpave...
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Musky Log Cottage

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with large windows, a screened porch and a rubble stone chimney. I...
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Musky Log Cottage

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with a large screened porch, surrounded by trees. Trout Lake is lo...
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Musky Log Cottage

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with large windows and a screened porch. It is surrounded by trees...
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Below the High Bridge After the Flood

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Below the High Bridge After the Flood. Wausau, Wisconsin." Railroad cars were swept away when dams at Brokaw and Merrill failed on th...
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Below the High Bridge After the Flood

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Below the High Bridge After the Flood. Wausau, Wisconsin." Railroad cars were swept away when dams at Brokaw and Merrill failed on th...

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