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Maxon Farmhouse

Date: 1936
Description: The Northwest elevation of the Maxon Farmhouse.
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Round the Clock — Exterior

Date: 05 22 1998
Description: "Round The Clock restaurant is at 111 S. Main Street, West Bend, WI."
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Country Inn

Date: 10 24 2003
Description: "On a cool, rainy evening, we visit the Country Inn on Silver Lake. Their address is 5602 Peters Drive, West Bend."
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Exterior View of West Bend Insurance Company Building

Date: 1961
Description: Exterior view of the rear corner of a building of the West Bend Insurance Company.
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Grain Binder

Date: 08 1994
Description: Ancient grain binder was put through its paces by Jerry and Dale Kedinger of West Bend.
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Amity Leather Products Company

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across street towards the three-story brick factory building, with a taller, square central tower that has symmetrical two-story wings. Identified on ...
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Thoma's Shore, Little Cedar Lake

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view across lake towards boathouses along a lake shore. Caption reads: "Thoma's Shore, Little Cedar Lake, Wis."
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Gonring's Resort, Big Cedar Lake

Date: 1930
Description: View across water towards a hotel on the lake. There is a large slide at the shoreline in the center, and near a long building on the left is what may be a...
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Cottage Grove Silver Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Cottage Grove Silver Lake, Wis." A colorized view of cottages on the shore of a lake. Chromolithograph.
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Southeast Shore, Silver Lake

Date: 08 26 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Southeast Shore, Silver Lake, Wis." Colorized view of rowboats docked around a pier on the shore of a lake. Chromolithograph.
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View of Silver Lake

Date: 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "View of Silver Lake." A colorized view of a man in a suit rowing a boat on a bay of a lake. Trees and a pasture are on the opposite s...
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Dry Fields

Date: 05 08 1986
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving a tractor across a field, sending dust clouds into the air. Caption reads: "Dry fields were evident as a farmer pre...
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Court House

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Court House, West Bend, Wis." Built in 1889 of Cream Brick in the Richardson Romanesque style. The building is surrounded by trees an...
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Washington County Court House

Date: 02 17 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Washington County Court House, West Bend, Wis." On reverse: "We have previously sent you cards showing the extensive use of the Johns...
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Sailboat

Date: 07 19 1909
Description: A sailboat on a lake with a wooded shoreline in the distance.
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Tennis Court, Timmer's Shore

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Tennis Court, Timmer's Shore." Two men playing tennis on the lawn at a resort on Big Cedar Lake. Trees and the lake are in the backgr...
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Central View of West Bend

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Central View of West Bend, Wis., Looking West from C. & N. W. Depot." An elevated view of the city with railroad tracks in the foregr...
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Central View of West Bend

Date: 03 10 1918
Description: Text on front reads: "Central View of West Bend, Wis., Looking West from C. & N. W. Depot." An elevated view of the city with railroad tracks in the foregr...
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Dam on the Milwaukee River

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Showing the Dam of the Milwaukee River, West Bend, Wis." Elevated view of the West Bend dam with a brewery on the left in the backgro...
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Gonring's Resort at Cedar Lake

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Gonring's Resort at Cedar Lake near West Bend, Wis." Two-story clapboard lodging with a covered porch on the left. A rowboat is pulle...

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