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Columbus City Hall

Date: 
Description: View down street towards City Hall, and some nearby buildings. Two horse-drawn wagons are on the street, along with a horse and riders. There are pedestri...
Photograph

City Hall Clock Tower

Date: 1947
Description: Clock tower.
Postcard

City Hall in Columbus

Date: 1910
Description: View across street toward City Hall, with clocktower. Caption reads: "City Hall, Columbus, Wis."
Photograph

Farmers and Merchants Union Bank

Date: 1954
Description: Facade of the Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, a Louis H. Sullivan building.
Postcard

Farmer's and Merchants' Union Bank

Date: 1930
Description: Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank on a street corner. Designed by Louis Sullivan. Caption reads: "Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank, Columbus, Wisconsin....
Postcard

First National Bank in Columbus

Date: 1915
Description: First National Bank, founded in 1861. Caption reads: "First National Bank, Columbus, Wis."
Postcard

James Street in Columbus

Date: 1925
Description: Residence district of James Street. The view is of a wide street with houses on both sides. Caption reads: "James Street, Residence District, Columbus, Wis...
Postcard

James Street

Date: 1915
Description: View down center of James Street with a couple of horse-drawn wagons along the curbs. Storefronts line both sides of the street. Caption reads: "James Stre...
Postcard

Ludington Street in Columbus

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the right side of Ludington Street. Caption reads: "Columbus, Wis. Ludington St., looking South."
Postcard

Ludington Street in Columbus

Date: 1910
Description: View from sidewalk on the right towards the left side of Ludington Street. Storefronts are along both sides of the street, and pedestrians are on the sidew...
Postcard

Railroad Station in Columbus

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved road towards the railroad station. Caption reads: "R. R. Station, Columbus, Wis."
Postcard

St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1915
Description: Front view of St. Mary's hospital.
Postcard

St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: Lawn, trees and blooming flowers in front of St. Mary's Hospital. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital, Columbus, Wis."
Postcard

Public School Buildings

Date: 1915
Description: View from road toward the Public school buildings. Caption reads: "Public School Buildings, Columbus, Wis."
Photograph

Columbus Library

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Columbus Library. Reverse of mounting reads: "1912, Carnegie bldg. $ Cost 10,000 - Claude + Starck, Madison, arch." Brick and Stucco c...
Photograph

Residential Area

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a residential area, featuring houses, a fork in the road, sidewalks, and trees.
Postcard

James Street Looking West

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photograph looking west along James Street, with pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, and an automobile. City Hall is in the right backgrou...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Columbus

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view looking across the downtown area. The Crawfish River is on the left. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Columbus, W...
Postcard

Madison Road

Date: 1916
Description: A black and white photograph of newly paved Madison Road. It was paved in 1916 with asphalt concrete by Jas. Rasmussen & Sons, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, under th...
Painting

"Park" Columbus, Wis.

Date: 1911
Description: View along dirt path in a park. There is a soldier's monument in the background just beyond trees, and a brick building on the left.

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