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Bessie Gordon at Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: View across counter towards Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ.
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Bessie Gordon at Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: Side view of Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ.
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Man Delivering Bowling Balls from International Scout Truck

Date: 1964
Description: Man delivering serviced bowling balls from an International Scout truck. The truck was owned by Day's Bowl-A-Dome.
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Dr. Joseph Smith

Date: 1913
Description: Dr. Joseph Smith reads at his desk in his office in the Wisconsin Valley Trust Building.
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Columbus Day Parade in Wausau

Date: 1892
Description: View of a large Columbus Day parade from Jackson and Third Streets. In the extreme right foreground is Conrad Althen's Store, and the Anderson and Larson S...
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Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter.
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Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter.
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Buddy's Place

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Two women pose next to gambling machines at Buddy's Place, in the township of Rib Mountain. The bar operated as a house of prostitution.
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Forest House

Date: 1875
Description: The Forest House, a hotel, restaurant and stage office. It was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Dingle and was located on the corner of Third and Forest S...
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Guenther Half Way House

Date: 1945
Description: The Guenther Half Way House. People traveling between Wausau and Stevens Point by stage stopped here overnight. The 100-year-old tavern was torn down in 19...
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Corner of Third and Scott Streets

Date: 1920
Description: View towards intersection at Third Street and Scott Street. The Hotel Bellis is at 420 Third Street facing the Court House. Streetcar tracks run along both...
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Log Cabin Kitchen Restaurant

Date: 1965
Description: The Log Cabin Kitchen restaurant located along Business 51 in Schofield. The building was constructed to resemble a log cabin. A few cars can be seen park...
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Rainy Day Delivery

Date: 10 11 1973
Description: On a rainy day a Gardners' Bakery truck makes a delivery to Miller's Corner IGA Grocery Store on STH 153.
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Wausau Railroad Station

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Wausau Railroad Station with power lines in the foreground.
Postcard

Newly Completed Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: View across street toward the post office just after completion. A man is standing on the sidewalk at the street corner. Caption reads: "Post Office, Wausa...
Postcard

Hotel Wausau

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Hotel Wausau on a street corner, with pedestrians on the sidewalks, and automobiles in the street. Caption reads: "Hotel Wausau, Wausau, Wis."
Postcard

Hotel Bellis

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Hotel Bellis. There are two men and a horse and buggy in front of the hotel. Caption reads: "Hotel Bellis, Wausau, Wis."
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Frank Deischel with Slot Machine

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern.
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Stubb's Tavern

Date: 1938
Description: Men drinking in the bar at Stubb's Tavern.
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Town of Emmet Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Constructed of red brick and capped by a steeply pitched gable roof accented with gently flared eaves, this one-story station, built in the mid-1920s, rese...

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