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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 view of Nelson Hall, a girls' dormitory built in 1915 for the State Normal School system. A path leads to the brick building's main entrance and p... |
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| Description: | Exterior of a High School. The elaborate brick building features a central entrance flanked by two small towers. |
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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 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 of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, built in 1918. The view from across the Wisconsin River shows the company building, a dam, as w... |
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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 ... |
| 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... |
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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: | 08 04 1920 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Mill Street. Town businesses, including a clothing and tailoring store, line the right side of the street looking towards a reside... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard looking down Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons and people line the street next to local businesses, including the post office and hardw... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Obreros Unidos (United Workers) migrant farm worker union members at a Bancroft baseball game. Children sit on top of the dugout to watch. Adult men are st... |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Bus operated by the Portage County Commission on Aging and its driver. The bus took senior citizens to lunch at the Senior Center and provided other servic... |
| Date: | 1997 |
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| Description: | Visitors at the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 08 24 1967 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of 150 workers rallying as a part of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) protest against poor working conditions of migrant farm workers in the S... |
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