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| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of 8th Street, looking north in a central business district. Cars are parked along the curb, and other cars are moving down the stre... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of City Hall and clock tower. Caption reads: "City Hall, Marshfield, Wis., Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of a curving path, lined with trees and shrubs, leading to a bridge. A lawn is sloping down towards the shoreline on the right. |
| Date: | 12 22 1908 |
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| Description: | Text reads: "Views of Racine, Wis." A collage of 12 postcards with views of buildings, landmarks and ships. |
| Date: | 12 22 1906 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Trolley Wreck at Reedsville, Dec. 22, 1906." A streetcar has rolled onto its side, off of the tracks. Several people are looking at t... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hotel Fenlon, Rhinelander, Wis." Hotel built of brick, with a marquee that reads: "Hotel Fenlon, Cocktail Lounge". There is also a ve... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "M.E. Church, Ripon, Wis." A group of 5 men and a boy are standing on the road in front of a clapboard church. Two more men can be see... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Grace Lutheran Church, S.W. Fuchs, Pastor." A brick Gothic Revival church with arched windows and a tall steeple. It was built in 188... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Van Hise Rock, Rock Springs, Wis." The formation has a road along the base with trees growing above. Text on the reverse: "Rock Sprin... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Old Mill Stream in the Narrows at Rock Springs, Wis." A road and the Narrows Creek run next to each other in an elevated view of ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Birches. Inter-State Park. Taylors Falls Minn." Taylors Falls is crossed out and "On Wisconsin Side" is handwritten on the revers... |
| Date: | 09 08 1909 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Methodist Church, St. Johns." A clapboard church with a steeple. There are steps from the sidewalk to the entrance and the street is unpave... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Long Lake Lutheran Church (ALC). Route 1, Sarona Wis. 54870. In Washburn County, on county Trunk D, East of Highway M, Sound end of... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Saukville, Wis." The Evangelical Saint Peter's Church was built of cream brick with a clapboard belfry in 1876. The plaque above the ... |
| Date: | 07 26 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tunnel No. 2, Norwalk, Wis." A locomotive is coming through a short tunnel, the sky can be seen on the other side. The entrance to th... |
| Date: | 11 06 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "First National Bank, Milwaukee, Wis." An early Milwaukee "skyscraper" built of brick in the Neoclassical style. It was built in 1912.... |
| Date: | 09 01 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Old Stone Church, Schleisingerville, Wis." Built around 1863, the stone church is set on a hill with a long set of steps with rai... |
| Date: | 01 1916 |
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| Description: | Damage to buildings and wires in a sleet storm. Handwritten on the back: "The after effects of sleet storm in Jan/16 at Seymour, Wis. By the looks of this,... |
| Date: | 05 07 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: " Court House, Sheboygan, Wis." Built in 1868 of grey brick, the court house was replaced in 1933. The reverse of the postcard is an... |
| Date: | 09 12 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Roadside View, Shullsburg, Wis." View of an unpaved road leading into a small town framed by a large tree. A church and other buildin... |
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