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Prairie Farm Creamery

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Description: Exterior of the Prairie Farm Creamery with horse-drawn wagons in front. Caption reads: "Prairie Farm Creamery, Pr. Farm, Wis."
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La Salle Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of La Salle Street, looking east. Handwritten above a building in the center is "Library". Horse-drawn vehicles are along the right, and a person is d...
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La Salle Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Salle Street, looking east. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the right, and a person is driving a horse-drawn vehicle up the street on the left. C...
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Third Ward School

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Third Ward School. Caption reads: "Third Ward School, Barron, Wis."
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Cameron School

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Cameron school with a group of children gathered outside. Caption reads: "School House, Cameron, Wis."
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Narrows Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Narrows Bridge, with a group of people on the left sitting and standing in a boat. The far shoreline is tree covered. Caption reads: "The Narro...
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Chetek with Southworth's and Flinn's Point

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view with buildings and a church in the foreground. Caption reads: "Looking East from Chetek, Wis., Southworth's and Flinn's Point in the Distance...
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Downtown Cumberland and Beaver Dam Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Cumberland with Beaver Dam Lake in the background. In the foreground is a street, and across the street is a church, a water tower and dwe...
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Second Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: View down unpaved street towards commercial buildings. There is a pavilion on the left, and two men are standing on the sidewalk on the right. Caption read...
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View of Haugen

Date: 1905
Description: View from side of road toward the town of Haugen, with a man on a horse-drawn wagon on the road in the foreground. Caption reads: "Haugen, Wis."
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Greetings from Haugen Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: Multiple views of Haugen, including a church, a school with a group of students posed outside, and a locomotive at the railroad station, etc. Caption at to...
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Scott Residence, Prairie Farm, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the Scott's residence. Caption reads: "GE Scott's Res. Pra. Farm Wis."
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Scott Residence, Prairie Farm, Wisc.

Date: 1910
Description: G.E. Scott residence from the rear. Caption reads: "G.E. Scotts Res. From the rear, Prairie Farm, Wis."
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Opera House

Date: 1910
Description: View across road towards the front and right side of the Opera House. Caption reads: "Greetings from Prairie Farm, Wis."
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Home Store, Prairie Farm, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Home store, Prairie Farm, Barron County, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Home Store, Prairie Farm, Wis."
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Home Store, Prairie Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Home store, Prairie Farm. Includes additional buildings. Caption reads: "Home Store Prairie Farm Wis."
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Home Store

Date: 1910
Description: Home Store or Big Store was built by Mr. George Scott in 1901, and was the town's main general store, which was built to replace the old Knapp, Stout & Com...
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Home Store, Prairie Farm, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Home Store, Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. Shows right side facing front of building. Caption reads: "Home Store, Pra. Farm, Wis."
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Tall-tale Postcard: My Vacation Dream

Date: 1934
Description: A fisherman is reclining in his boat at sunset as many fish swim in the lake. He is drinking beer out of a tap attached to a barrel floating in the water. ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Fur Herring

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Description: Altered photograph depicting a herring as though it was covered in fur. Caption at the top reads: "Fur herring to be found only in Rice Lake, Wis." No. 20...

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