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Chippewa Falls Tourist Camp

Date: 1926
Description: The tourist camp that the citizens of Chippewa Falls provided free for motorists passing through their community.
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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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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
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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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Street Scene

Date: 1926
Description: A busy street scene. Cars are parked at the curbs on either side of the street. Two women walk on the sidewalk. An American flag flies from the top of a bu...
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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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Hotel Northern

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of the Hotel Northern. The hotel has a Western Union and drugstore on the street level. An American flag flies from the top of the building.
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Edward Rutledge Charity

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of the Edward Rutledge Charity. There is a sign for the tourist camp and Irvine Park on the lamppost.
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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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High School

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

Date: 1927
Description: View across lower section of dam at Cornell Wood Products Company. In the background are factory buildings, a tall smokestack, and a water tower.
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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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Ruins of Cyclone — Canning Factory

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: View across railroad tracks of the canning factory in the aftermath of a tornado. The top of the brick structure and the smokestack has been blown off. Pil...

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