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Street Scene

Date: 1926
Description: View down retail street. Shops and parked cars are on either side. On the side of a shop on the left there is a hand-painted advertisement for the selectio...
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Main Street

Date: 1927
Description: View down Main Street lined with shops. Cars are sporadically parked along the curbs. There is a hotel, the Fritzstoldt tailor, soda fountain and drug stor...
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Irvine Park

Date: 1926
Description: A gazebo dedicated to solders and sailors in Irvine Park. A flagpole and benches are in front of the gazebo.
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Street Scene

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Description: A busy street scene. Cars are parked at the curbs along the shops. The shops include: a grocery, a bakery/ice cream shop, a cafe, Prentice brothers hardwar...
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Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: View down street of trucks and cars parked at an angle along the curb in a commercial strip through town. The buildings on the left have signs, including t...
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Bridge and Water Tower

Date: 1927
Description: View down middle of metal bridge across the Cornell Flowage. Across the lake, there is the pulpwood stacker on the left and a water tower on the right near...
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Tourist Park

Date: 1927
Description: A cylinder-shaped cement building with an open door in a rural area. In front of the building is a picnic table, and on the right an automobile is parked n...
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High School

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior of Cornell High School.
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C.W.P. Company

Date: 1927
Description: Elevated view over dam of the site of the Cornell Wood Products Company. On the opposite shoreline is a pulpwood stacker, tall smokestack, water tower, and...
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German English Lutheran Church

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior of the German English Lutheran Church. The church has a gable roof and a steeple with a bell. In the foreground is a fence and field, and in the b...
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Playground in Lake Hallie

Date: 1924
Description: A swing set at a public park. There is a windmill in the background.
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Fishing

Date: 1920
Description: Three men and a woman pose with a pole of a stringer of fish. One of the men holds his pet dog. Behind them on the left is a bathtub, hand-pump for water, ...
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The Basswood, Long Lake

Date: 1926
Description: Vacationers sitting on wicker chairs on the enclosed porch at the Basswood in Long Lake.
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Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: An overturned car sits among broken pieces of wood, including a broken chair, in a field. An arrow and the words: "Richard Sikora Killed Here" points to th...
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Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: The aftermath of a killer tornado, including an arrow and caption that reads: "William Berg Killed Here." In the background near the farmhouse are a group ...
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Ruins of Cyclone — William Brace Farm

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: View across yard of a storm-damaged farmhouse. In the foreground is an overturned automobile. The windows of the house have been blown out and the roof has...

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