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Grain Building in Auburndale

Date: 01 20 1989
Description: Grain storage building located near the railroad tracks. The wrecker service truck parked near the warehouse bears the slogan, "the happy hooker."
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Wisconsin Rapids — Airport Bar-B-Q

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 329 Front Street, this structure hosted its grand-opening celebration in 1931. The special was not discounted gasoline or oil but chicken and ba...
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Wisconsin Rapids — Sinclair Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Welcoming future customers to their new station, Carl Miller and Joe Walloch held a grand-opening in August 1940. The special: seven gallons of Pennant gas...
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Potawatomi Family

Date: 1920
Description: Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le...
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Church and Trees

Date: 09 19 1961
Description: View from road of All Saint's Church behind a group of trees. The front entrance is on the right, with a signboard nearby listing times of the masses and c...
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Factory Building and Automobile

Date: 09 19 1961
Description: View of the Blum Brothers Company factory building. The Blum Brothers Company once manufactured circular cheese boxes. An automobile is parked outside the ...
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Wisconsin Rapids

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Description: An aerial view of Wisconsin Rapids.
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Auburndale Camp

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Description: Elevated view of logging crew posed outside a log cabin in winter. Several horses are at the back of the group. The foreman, Mike Baltus, is possibly at fr...
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Sunday at the Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumberjacks joined by their wives and children on a Sunday at the Auburndale Lumber Camp.
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Dixon Hotel

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Description: Exterior view across street towards the Dixon Hotel, featuring an overhang over the entrance supported by groups of Ionic columns. There is a balustrade on...
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Dixon Hotel

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Description: Exterior of Dixon Hotel featuring an overhang supported by groups of Ionic columns. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk around the hotel, and a child stand...
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Park

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Description: View of a park featuring a residential-type shelter. Lampposts and benches stand on the lawn.
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Consolidated Paper Company Offices

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Description: View of the Consolidated Paper Company Offices standing on the bank of the Wisconsin River. The Consolidated Paper Company formed in 1894.
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Consolidated Paper Company Offices and Mills

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Description: View across water toward the Consolidated Paper Company Offices and Mills, which formed in 1894. The buildings are on the bank of the Wisconsin River.
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Grand Avenue

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Description: Automobiles drive past storefronts and can be seen parked on either side of Grand Avenue. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk near the Citizens National Bank ...
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Business Section

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Description: View of the business section featuring jewelry, shoe, and drug stores and other storefronts. Women and men walk down the sidewalk near cars parked on the c...
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City Hall

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Description: Exterior view of the city hall, a brick building built in 1817. A man and young boy stand in the main doorway of the building. An automobile is near a smal...
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Elks Club and Telephone Company

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Description: Exterior of the Elks Club and the Wood County Telephone Company. Automobiles are parked in front of the two buildings.
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Grand Avenue

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Description: View down Grand Avenue. Automobiles park on either side of the avenue and drive down the street past traffic signs, stating, "Keep to the Right." On the ri...
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Vine Street

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Description: View down Vine Street. Automobiles are parked on either side of the street and Wood County National Bank stands to the right. A pedestrian crosses at the i...

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