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| Description: | View down Strong's Avenue, taken from Clark Street. Automobiles park on either side of the street near storefronts. Perpendicular to Strongs Avenue is Main... |
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| Description: | View from right side of Clark Street toward a residential area on the left. Driveways lead from the paved street to the houses. |
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| Description: | Front view of Saint Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, dedicated on December 7, 1890. The church features a central tower and elaborate stained glass windo... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Saint Peter's Catholic Church, dedicated in 1897 and constructed by Joseph Hutter. The church is located on Fourth Avenue and features a centra... |
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| Description: | View of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church, completed in 1918. A staircase leads to the main entrance of the brick building with a belfry. |
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| Description: | Exterior of an Episcopal Church. The view from the opposite street corner displays the stone building's belfry and main entrance. Stained glass windows in ... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Hotel Jacobs. Stairs lead to the porch of the three-story house. A sign above windows reads, "Jacobs House." A shoe polishing station can be se... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Hardware Mutual Insurance office building. The Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association and the Fire and Casualty Company opened the new three... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Carnegie Public Library, built in 1903 after the receipt of a 1902 Carnegie Grant. A set of stairs leads from the sidewalk to the main entr... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Saint Michael's Hospital, founded in 1913 by the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother. A baby carriage stands near the bottom of the steps at the ho... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Portage County Courthouse, built in 1868. Stairs lead to the main entrance of the stone building and a monument and cannon stand on the lawn. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. Outside the brick building stand railroad cars labeled, "Elgin, Joliet and ... |
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| Description: | View taken from the Paper Mill Road toward the Wisconsin River Pulp and Paper Company paper mill. On the bank in the foreground are small boats. The paper ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Post Office, built in 1919. The view from across Main Street shows men standing at the main entrance of a stone building built in the ... |
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| Description: | View of the motherhouse at the Sisters of St. Joseph convent in Stevens Point. A path leads to brick convent buildings across a lawn with trees, shrubs, an... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Whiting-Plover Paper Company, founded in 1892. The view features a three-story brick building with automobiles parked in front. |
| Date: | 11 22 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons line both sides of the road which is covered with puddles, mud and snow. Caption reads: "Main Street, Al... |
| Date: | 02 20 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the exterior of the one-story, white English Methodist Church with belfry and steeple. Snow covers the street outside the church. ... |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of the business district. Local business and homes are on on both sides of the main road. Horse-drawn wagons are parked on the ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Family and friends gathered in front of a home for the wedding of Joseph Lorbieki and Agnes Onernek. Three musicians can be seen near the center. A windmil... |
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