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Physics Lab

Date: 1901
Description: Students and teacher in physics lab at Stevens Point Normal School, which would later become the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Street View

Date: 1905
Description: View down unpaved street with commercial buildings. Caption reads: "St. Scene, Bancroft, Wis."
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Aerial View of Town and Highway

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view of town and Highway 66.
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St. Clara's Orphanage

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of St. Clara's Orphanage, which was built in 1882 and run by the Felecian Sisters.
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Spiritland Restaurant

Date: 1971
Description: Spiritland Cafe, a restaurant located in a former church, with the cemetery in the background. The restaurant was located on CTH D in Portage County.
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Gas for Less

Date: 1958
Description: A gasoline station along US Highway 51 in Whiting, Portage County, attracted passing motorists with an attention-getting "gas for less" sign.
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Flying A Service Station

Date: 1958
Description: Flying A service station located on US Highway 51 in Whiting, Portage County.
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Stevens Point Street Scene

Date: 07 28 1971
Description: Second Street in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
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Stevens Point Traffic Scene

Date: 07 28 1970
Description: Traffic on Stevens Point's Second Street.
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Stevens Point Street

Date: 07 28 1971
Description: Older residences along Second Street in Stevens Point.
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Stevens Point Intersection

Date: 07 28 1971
Description: The Fourth Street intersection in Stevens Point.
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Plover House

Date: 12 12 1966
Description: Small house on the north side of Plover, Wisconsin.
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Standard Oil Station

Date: 12 12 1966
Description: Standard Oil station.
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Quonset Hut-Style Service Station

Date: 12 12 1966
Description: Texaco Oil service station, apparently built from a war surplus quonset hut-style building.
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Wisconsin Ranch

Date: 12 12 1966
Description: Typical one-story, ranch-style house, with a hipped roof and a one-car garage.
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Plover House

Date: 11 12 1966
Description: Typical vernacular-style house in the Plover, Wisconsin, area, probably built originally as a farmhouse.
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Cape Cod House

Date: 12 11 1966
Description: Typical small Cape Cod-style house in Plover, Wisconsin, probably constructed in the post-World War II era.
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Plover Bungalow

Date: 12 12 1966
Description: Bungalow style house in Plover, Wisconsin.
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Frozen Creek Crossing

Date: 11 29 1989
Description: Old bridge over Mill Creek on Highway G in Portage County.
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Rural Intersection

Date: 05 21 1968
Description: Rural tavern and gasoline station on STH 54.

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