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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View of a street with automobiles and horse-drawn wagons parked along the curbs. There are commercial buildings on both sides of the street and a few pedes...
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Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: View down street of the central business district. A large brick building on the left with awnings includes a furniture store. Automobiles are parked at an...
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Business Block

Date: 1912
Description: View from street towards a row of brick buildings. On the left corner is a building with a sign on the roof that says "W. Welsh." The entrance has a balcon...
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Section of Marquette Suspension Bridge

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Description: "Section of New Prairie du Chien Marquette $1,000,000 Suspension Bridge. Total length 3729 feet. Only suspension bridge on the Mississippi River. Open for ...
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Ridgeway Grace Church

Date: 1925
Description: View across road of three-quarter view from front of Grace Church. A double door entrance at the sidewalk level is flanked by stone steps that lead up to a...
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Scene at Rockland

Date: 1922
Description: View across road of the Berg & Jones Department Store, with posters in the front windows announcing an upcoming Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus ...
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Prospect Avenue

Date: 1924
Description: View down Prospect Avenue, with men sitting on a bench by the "Steponet" gas pumps in front of a storefront. A man stands on the sidewalk in front of the b...
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Roxbury Parochial School

Date: 1924
Description: The parochial school with a statue of St. Dominic in the yard in front. There is across on the roof above the entrance. There is a large stack of firewood ...
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Catholic Church

Date: 1924
Description: Side view of the Catholic Church from the bottom of a low hill. Two more buildings are on the left and right behind the church. Bare trees are in the lawn ...
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Sauk City Main Street

Date: 1924
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a soda shop/confectioner, with two women and a baby carriage on the sidewalk in front. Further down is a ch...
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Old Mill Erected About 1850

Date: 1925
Description: Ruins of the Old Mill, a stone building which has no roof and is missing window glass. Behind on the left is an abandoned shed.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a stone building with stained glass windows, a belfry, and a steeple. There is a house next door in the ba...
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Shullsburg Catholic Church

Date: 1925
Description: View across lawn of exterior of the Catholic Church, a stone and brick building with stained glass windows. A man is walking down the tree-lined sidewalk o...
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Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left a group of men are gathered on the sidewalk near a drinking fountain which is in front of a brick building wit...
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South Wayne Street Scene

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Description: View down unpaved street in a central business district. A Rexall Drug Store is on the corner on the right. A large stone building, which has a sign for "H...
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Scene on Main Street

Date: 1926
Description: View from road of a service station on the left with gas pumps. Next door is a meat market, a restaurant and a bank. A man is standing in front of the serv...
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Looking North From Railroad

Date: 1921
Description: A view down unpaved road of the railroad crossing at Prospect Avenue. A house is down the hill on the left. A hardware store and garage are on the right ne...
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Part of Business Section

Date: 1925
Description: View of an intersection with the State Bank and another business on the left. A water pump is across the street from the bank. A hardware store and another...
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Business Section

Date: 1929
Description: View across street of a cash store on the left with a handcart near the door and automobiles parked at the curb. A gas pump is on the corner. In the backgr...
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Main Street

Date: 1925
Description: View down Main Street. On the left are two children standing on a stoop near a large drinking fountain. Down the block is a man standing in front of a 5&10...

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