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Park House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Park House Hotel (called the Commercial House before 1888), which burned down in 1892. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle on the l...
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Main Street

Date: 1920
Description: View down Main Street. Storefronts are along the sidewalks on both sides of the street, and lampposts and cars are along the curb.
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Carnegie Library

Date: 1937
Description: View of Carnegie Library on the corner of South Main Street and West Messenger, Rice Lake. Pedestrians are crossing the street, automobiles are parked alon...
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Universal Rock Crusher

Date: 10 12 1938
Description: Men work with a Universal crusher, used to crush 400 yards of gravel in 8 hours. The crusher was powered by an International PA-100 power unit owned by E.F...
Postcard

Barron Motel and Overnight Trailer Park

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Description: View across lawn towards the exterior of a motel. A station wagon parked in front of one of the units.
Postcard

Cumberland, Wisconsin, "The Island City"

Date: 1955
Description: View down street of commercial buildings. Text on back reads: "A friendly city of prosperous, industrious people in a farming and vacationers' paradise. 'T...
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Occupational Therapy, Barron County Nursing Home

Date: 12 20 1963
Description: Four residents of the Barron County Nursing Home in Cumberland are making crafts around a table. A caption on the photograph reads: "This group in occupati...
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Road Construction Near Barronett

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Description: Four men are posing atop different carts, one of which is hitched to horses, and an engine. Caption reads: "This is me on the engine I worked on this summe...

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