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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: View across road of travelers on platform exiting the Lancaster train depot. A man sits on a horse-drawn wagon in front of the depot.
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Farwell Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the three-story Farwell/Capital Hotel.
Postcard

Monument of Nelson Dewey

Date: 
Description: Postcard depicting the monument of Nelson Dewey. He has a long beard and sits in a chair on a pedestal. Trees are in the background. Text at the bottom re...
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Portrait of Beverly Lorenz and Richard Goldberg

Date: 11 30 1953
Description: Engagement portrait of Beverly Lorenz of Lancaster and Richard Goldberg.
Postcard

Maple St. Looking East

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved town street. Businesses include a dentists' office, Lathrop's, Joeckel Bros., and Hatch Drugs on the left. There is a park on the right, ...
Postcard

Maple Street

Date: 1905
Description: View across Maple Street towards the Philipps House Hotel. A bank is on the next corner. Caption reads: "Maple Street."
Postcard

M.E. Church

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Description: Hand-colored three-quarter view of the front and left side of a red brick church. Caption reads: "M.E. Church, Lancaster, Wis."
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Grant County Court House

Date: 1913
Description: Corner view of the Grant County courthouse. The Soldiers' Monument and a fountain are in the foreground. A gazebo is under the trees on the right. Caption ...
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1908
Description: The Soldiers' Monument, first erected in the United States to the memory of the Union Soldiers. In the center on a lawn is a tall marble column with Old Ab...
Postcard

Hillside Cemetery

Date: 1908
Description: View of the entrance gate and stone columns for a road to a cemetery. Caption reads: "Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Wis."
Postcard

High School

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a two-story red brick school building. Caption reads: "High School, Lancaster, Wis."
Postcard

North School

Date: 1908
Description: View towards the corner of a brick school building with distinctive arched windows on both sides. Caption reads: "North School, Lancaster, Wis."
Postcard

Memorial Fountain

Date: 1906
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the Memorial Fountain, with the Grant County Courthouse in the background. Caption reads: "Memorial Fountain erected May 30, 1906,...
Postcard

Monument to Wisconsin's First Governor, Nelson Dewey

Date: 1907
Description: A monument to Nelson Dewey featuring a sculpture of him seated on a chair on top of a pedestal. He is holding a pen in his right hand. Caption reads: "Monu...
Photograph

Everett Gillilan

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Everett Gillilan, owner of Pioneer Motors, Incorporated, in Lancaster.
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Edward Alsworth Ross

Date: 1924
Description: UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross poses outside the Hotel Brunswick in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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