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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the town.
Photograph

View of Bloomington

Date: 1873
Description: View of Bloomington by the pioneer photographer of the village, Frank Witcomb, sometime after 1873. There are buildings identified in the foreground on bot...
Photograph

Elevated View of Town

Date: 1899
Description: View of Bloomington, with a man in the foreground looking over the vista.
Photograph

The Village of Bloomington

Date: 1900
Description: Oval-framed view of the village of Bloomington.
Photograph

Village of Bloomington

Date: 1864
Description: Oval-framed view of the village, founded by Delos W. Taft, had its name changed to Bloomington in 1867. It had been named Tafton.
Photograph

Woodhouse and Bartley Bank

Date: 1956
Description: The building was erected after a fire which destroyed most of the Bloomington business section in 1897. The bank was acquired by Peter Woodhouse and Patric...
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CCC Camp Scene

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of Civil Conservation Camp (CCC), tentatively identified as the Bloomington camp.
Postcard

Hotel Donnelly

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Hotel Donnelly. Men are standing and visiting on the porch. A sign on the corner reads: "Hotel & Livery." Horse-drawn vehicles...
Postcard

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 05 26 1921
Description: Photographic postcard of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Trees can be seen to the right and left. Text at the foot reads "M.E. Church, Bloomington, Wis., N...
Photograph

Bird's Eye View

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Description: Bird's-eye view of Bloomington. In the open space, there are trees and a creek. In the developed area, there are stores, apartments, and barns. The buildin...
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: A man driving a carriage pulled by two horses is at the curb of the post office. On the street, there is the dentist office of H.H. Hancock, a bank, and J....
Photograph

Main Street — Alternative View

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Description: Shops along Main Street. On the left, there is a Woodhouse and Bartley bank, a hardware store, Greer shoe store, J.B. Ludden general merchandise, a bank, a...
Photograph

Bloomington Main Street — Alternative View

Date: 
Description: Shops along Main Street after the rain. On the left, there is the dentist office of S. A. Marlow, August Dreifus and Company Clothing - "shoes for the whol...
Photograph

Bloomington Main Street — Alternative View

Date: 1916
Description: View of Main Street from the middle of the street looking down the street. Cars are parked on either side of the street. On the left side, there is a woman...
Photograph

Bloomington Main Street — Alternative View

Date: 1921
Description: Cars are parked at the curbs along the shops. The visible shop signs are Guernsey Restaurant, Ludden's, Ludden's Store for Men, Billiard Hall, The Sanitary...
Photograph

Ludden's Poultry and Eggs

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior view of Ludden's Poultry and Eggs from the dirt road. The shop features a porch, gable roof, and fenced yard. There are wooden crates and barrels ...
Photograph

Bloomington Main Street — Alternative View

Date: 1925
Description: View down middle of Main Street. The right side of the street features: Bloomington State Bank, Ira Fox Meat Market, C.H. Enke, Sprague's Recreation Parlor...
Photograph

Ludden's Big White Store

Date: 1912
Description: The facade of Ludden's Big White Store. The building features two bay windows, two stories, and two large display windows. The window displays umbrellas, d...
Photograph

Hotel and Post Office

Date: 1916
Description: A hotel, barbershop [?], and post office. The hotel has a roofed porch and chairs. A man stands under the awning of the barbershop, and another man leans a...
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1925
Description: View of the church from across the intersection. The church building features a french door with a fanlight, arched windows, and a steeple.

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