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Colfax Messenger Printing Office

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Description: Messenger printing office on a street lined with elm trees.
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Alfalfa Demonstration by Agricultural Extension

Date: 1913
Description: Professor Perry G. Holden demonstrates the benefits of growing alfalfa to a group of men, women, and children standing in a crossroads in a commercial area...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: A busy commercial area. Cars are parked diagonally on either side of the street. There is a Chevrolet repair shop, gas station, hotel, Ford repair shop, an...
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Peoples State Bank

Date: 1929
Description: A boy stands at the corner in front of the Peoples State Bank.
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Farmers Waiting to Load Their Goods

Date: 1898
Description: Farmers with their loads waiting to ship on train number 40 at Colfax, Wisconsin. "An everyday occurrence at 3:50 pm during September and October."
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Collage Postcard

Date: 11 16 1908
Description: Photographic COLLAGE postcard of scenes of Colfax. In the center oval is the text, "Colfax, Wis. Looks Good To Me," however the "Looks Good To Me" is cross...
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Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
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"Wild Bill" Buyer & Seller of Things

Date: 08 29 1964
Description: A man in a cowboy hat and fringe jacket posing on a covered wagon. The wagon has a sign that reads: "'Wild Bill' Buyer & Seller of Things, Albertville." ...

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