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Businesses on North Main Street

Date: 1950
Description: View of some of the businesses on North Main Street, including the Strand Theater and Olk Drugs.
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive Auto Factory in Clintonville

Date: 1909
Description: Architectural rendering of a four wheel drive auto factory, with a smokestack billowing smoke. The four-wheel drive propulsion was invented by Otto Zachow ...
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Concrete Pour at Clintonville

Date: 1914
Description: Paving the main street with concrete was an occasion that brought out a large part of the Clintonville community to watch.
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War Departmental Trial

Date: 1918
Description: Captain Alexander E. Williams of the War Department testing the experimental truck that the Four Wheel Drive Company hoped to manufacture for the army. In ...
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Clintonville Storefronts

Date: 12 04 1916
Description: Storefronts of Malik Brothers, Paul Binder, and Frank Beer Home Bakery.
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Milbauer's Pharmacy

Date: 12 04 1916
Description: Storefront view of Milbauer's Pharmacy, with two automobiles parked on the street.
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Ward Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: A three-story wooden structure with front porch identified as the Ward Hotel by a large sign on the front of the building. Several automobiles are parked d...
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of Clintonville

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's [sic] Eye View of Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

Street Scene of Clintonville

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized photographic view looking down center of street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

North Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photograph looking across unpaved North Main Street towards commercial buildings. Two horse-drawn carriages and one horse-drawn freight wag...
Postcard

Main Street, Clintonville

Date: 1920
Description: Looking down center of Main Street. Printed in the message section on the back: "A view of one of the Two-Course Reinforced Concrete Pavements in the City ...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View looking across unpaved Main Street towards commercial buildings, including a meat market and the First National Bank. There are horse-drawn vehicles p...
Postcard

Million Dollar Labor Day Parade

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a Labor Day parade with more than thirty identical automobiles in a long line. Crowds are watching from the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Mill...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1911
Description: View from street of the high school. Three girls are standing on the sidewalk in front of the school. Caption reads: "High School, Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

High School

Date: 1907
Description: View from street towards the high school. Caption reads: "High School, Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

High School

Date: 1920
Description: View from street towards the high school. There are children on the sidewalks in front of the building. Caption reads: "High School, Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

City Hall and State Bank Building

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized photographic view from street towards the City Hall and State Bank Building on a corner. Caption reads: "City Hall and State Bank Building, Clint...
Postcard

State Bank Building

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized photographic view from street towards the State Bank building on a corner. Caption reads: "State Bank, Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

Ward House

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white postcard view looking up unpaved road and sidewalk towards the Ward House. Caption reads: "Ward House, Clintonville, Wis."

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