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Grace Lutheran Church

Date: 1909
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...
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Van Hise Rock

Date: 1950
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...
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The Old Mill Stream in the Narrows

Date: 1950
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 ...
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Wisconsin's North Coast

Date: 1963
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin's North Coast." A man is standing on the side deck of a boat, and in the distance is the Raspberry Island Lighthouse with a...
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The Birches

Date: 1907
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...
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Methodist Church

Date: 09 08 1909
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...
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Long Lake Lutheran Church

Date: 1950
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...
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Saint Peter's Church

Date: 1924
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 ...
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Tunnel No. 2

Date: 07 26 1909
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...
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A Happy Christmas

Date: 12 24 1908
Description: Christmas postcard of a mountain peak, the Eiger, in Switzerland. In the foreground, a man is dressed in a traditional costume, blowing a horn. Text on the...
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First National Bank

Date: 11 06 1914
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....
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The Old Stone Church

Date: 09 01 1912
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...
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Sleet Storm Damage

Date: 01 1916
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,...
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Court House

Date: 05 07 1909
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...

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Roadside View

Date: 09 12 1913
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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Ship Bremen

Date: 1987
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto. Ship Bremen 1930. Located on Highway 71, 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 27, 9 miles north of Sparta, WI. One o...
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Stoughton City Hall

Date: 1980
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stoughton City Hall. Stoughton, Wisconsin. Built in 1900 to house the city offices, library, police and fire departments with a 701...
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Our Saviors Lutheran Church

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Stoughton, Wis." The Neogothic Revival style church was constructed of concrete block in 1904. Also know...
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City Hall

Date: 05 15 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "City Hall, Sun Prairie, Wis." The Romanesque Revival City Hall was built of brick in 1895. The building has decorative elements, a be...
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Catholic Church

Date: 1921
Description: Caption reads: "Catholic Church, Thorp, Wis." St. Bernard Catholic Church is a brick church built in 1914. In 1974 the parish was combined with St. Hedwig ...

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