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Cable Drug Store

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Description: View of exterior of the Cable Drug Store. The signs on the exterior advertise that they have a soda fountain with Russell's Ice Cream and Coca-Cola.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: View down Main Street, including storefronts with signs advertising ice cream, baked goods, clothing and shoes. Caption reads: "Main Street, Iron River, Wi...
Photograph

Elevator and Coal Dock

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Description: Elevator and coal dock in Washburn.
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W.H. Lemke General Store

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Description: Exterior view of W.H. Lemke's store, which features dry goods, carpet, and more.
Photograph

Walter S. Rait's General Merchandise

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Description: Exterior view of Walter S. Rait's Merchandise.
Photograph

Elevator and Coal Docks

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Description: Elevator and coal docks, including ships.
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Main Street

Date: 1916
Description: View looking down the center of road, with storefronts and dwellings on both sides. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked at various points along...
Postcard

Tom Rondeau's General Store

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Description: Exterior view from street of the storefront. Caption reads: "Tom Rondeau's General Store, Cable, Wis."
Photograph

D.W. Corning Groceries on Street Corner

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Description: Panoramic view of a street corner. Commercial buildings are along the street on the left, including D.W. Corning Groceries. A large group of people are on ...
Photograph

Cable Main Street

Date: 1935
Description: View across street of automobiles parked in front of a hardware store and a drugstore on Main Street.
Photograph

Highway through Iron River

Date: 1935
Description: Highway through Iron River on what is now Highway 2 near the junction with County Highway A.
Postcard

Main Street Shopping Center

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Description: Color postcard of the Main Street Shopping Center, with a food market, a drug store and Post Office.
Photograph

Mason Confectionery Store

Date: 1935
Description: View of a two-story wooden building, the Mason Confectionery Store, with a sign that reads "Confectiony. Good Things to Eat." On the right is a parked auto...
Photograph

Meyer's Cafe

Date: 1936
Description: View across street of a wooden corner building with large plate glass windows and a sign advertising Meyer's Cafe. An advertisement is painted on the side ...
Photograph

Mason Mercantile Company

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of the brick front facade of the Mason Post Office and and Mason Mercantile Co. There is an automobile parked on the far left side of the bui...
Photograph

Drummond Store

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior three-quarter length view of a large two-story building with one chimney. There are two main entrances with steps leading up to the doorways of wh...
Photograph

Mason City General Store

Date: 1921
Description: A man poses on the porch of a general store and filling station.
Painting

Bayfield Main Street, 1870

Date: 1885
Description: Main Street in Bayfield in 1870 with four cows standing in the street.
Photograph

State Bank of Drummond

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of a building. The left side has a sign that says: "State Bank of Drummond" and the window on the right says: "Soda and I...
Postcard

Rittenhouse Avenue

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Description: View down center of Rittenhouse Avenue with Lake Superior in the distance. The street is lined with businesses, sidewalks and lampposts.

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