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Unloading Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

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Description: Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor.
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Excursion steamer Christopher Columbus leaving Chicago

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Description: The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," leaving Chicago. Skyline of Chicago is in background with one building with sign reading Armo...
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Cross Plains Railroad Station

Date: 1905
Description: View towards railroad station with a few passengers on the platform awaiting the arrival of the train. The locomotive is billowing smoke. Two horses stand ...
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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1915
Description: View of the State Fish Hatchery, surrounded by a lawn planted with trees. A wide sidewalk leads up to the entrance. The sign on the front of the building r...
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of Main street with the public library and storefronts.
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Bruce Main Street

Date: 1960
Description: View down Main Street, with parked cars parked along the curb on the left, and cars parked at an angle on the right.
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Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Denniston House Hotel.
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Iowa County Court House

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Iowa County Court House, with cars parked at the curb in front.
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Buena Vista House

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Description: View of the hotel from across the street through trees and a fence. The hotel was later called the Cobblestone Inn. A small building on the left near the h...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: View across Main Street towards the left side of the street. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the curbs. Caption reads: "Elroy, Wisconsin."
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Main Street

Date: 1885
Description: View across unpaved Main Street, with storefronts on the right, including a restaurant and meat market. Caption reads: "Main Street".
Postcard

Lower Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: View of lower Main Street lined with electric power lines and storefronts. Caption reads: "Lower Main Street, Fort Atkinson, Wis."
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View of a Residential Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down road, with homes in a residential area, and a church building in the foreground on the right. The sign above the church door reads: "E. V. Luth. ...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down unpaved Main Street with storefronts are along both sides. A sign on a building further down on the right reads: "Nixon House". Caption reads: "S...
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Memorial Tablet

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Fort Howard memorial tablet.
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View of Green Lake

Date: 1920
Description: View from intersection of commercial buildings along the left side of a street.
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Waukesha Freeman Building

Date: 1919
Description: Front view of the Waukesha Freeman building, where an abolition paper was published in the 1850's.
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Vesper Wood Company

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Description: Vesper Wood Manufacturing Company. Caption reads: "Vesper, Wis."
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Three Lakes, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: View down unpaved street. Caption reads: "Street Scene — Three Lakes, Wis."
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Highway Department Garage

Date: 1930
Description: Shawano County Highway Department garage.

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