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Daniel Shaw Lumber Company

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a large building complex along a river, with a raft of logs in the water in front of it. A man is standing at the end of the raft...
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Eau Claire Lumber Company

Date: 1880
Description: View of a lumber mill and logs floating on a river, which is spanned by a bridge. The mill has a sign that reads: "Cash for Wheat - Eau Claire City Mill." ...
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Emergency Snow Route

Date: 01 1972
Description: Automobiles are traveling through a winter storm on snow-covered roads.
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Homecoming Parade in Eau Claire

Date: 1918
Description: Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi...
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Unidentified Couple

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and woman posing together on either side of a prop wrought-iron fence. The man is wearing a suit an...
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Eau Claire Deer Hunters

Date: 1885
Description: Six deer hunters are posing with their rifles, dogs, and nine killed deer hanging from a buck pole supported by log structures on the left and right.
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Hotel Eau Claire

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Description: Elevated view of the Hotel Eau Claire and its three-story tall electric sign. The hotel is on a corner, and cars are parked along the curbs, and pedestrian...
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Sacred Heart Hospital

Date: 1960
Description: View across field towards the Sacred Heart Hospital at 900 W. Clairemont Avenue, (Hwy 12 at Jct. 37 & 85).
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Greetings From Eau Claire

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced postcard with eight views of buildings, bridges, and dams. In the center is written: "Greetings from Eau Claire Wis."
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White House Motel

Date: 1950
Description: Colorized postcard view of Walker's White House Motel on Highway 53 — Washington Heights. Next to the White House Inn. 16 ultra modern large guest rooms. O...
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Dells, Dam and Paper Mills, Eau Claire, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized photograph of the dells, the dam and the paper mills on the Eau Claire River. A man is standing on a wooden pier along the shoreline on the left.
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Eau Claire Vocational, Technical and Adult School

Date: 1963
Description: Aerial view of Eau Claire Vocational, Technical and Adult School campus. Postmark is May 4, 1982. Mailed to U.S. Representative David Obey in Washington, ...
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St. Bede's Priory and High School

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of St. Bede's Priory and High School, including the surrounding country landscape. There is a highway behind the buildings. The Priory is the M...
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Grace Lutheran Church

Date: 1970
Description: Color photographic postcard of Grace Lutheran Church. Text on reverse reads: "Grace Lutheran Church on Eau Claire, Wisconsin's Grand and Second Avenue on t...
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Cora Young

Date: 1903
Description: Cabinet card showing a young girl posing on wooden steps on a set. The card is labeled Cora Young on the back. This is possibly Cora Louise Bartlett Young,...
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Boyd Park Pedestrian Bridge

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Description: A view in winter from bank of the Boyd Park pedestrian bridge, also called the Uniroyal pedestrian bridge.
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Lieutenant Burnett Demarest

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Burnett Demarest, a First Lieutenant in the Wisconsin 8th infantry, Co. C. Demarest mustered into service in 1861 at Eau C...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: View of the brickwork under construction at the back (or side?) of the Eau Claire Public Library.
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: Two workers on one of the upper floors of the Eau Claire Public Library during its construction. The frames of the arched windows are in the background. Th...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: Several construction workers rolling a stone column along supports embedded in the dirt during the construction of the Eau Claire Public Library at Farwell...

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