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Pettibone Peabody Retail Store

Date: 1909
Description: Front view of the Pettibone Peabody retail store. A large store with four stories situated on a corner. An automobile is at the curb and pedestrians on the...
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Post Office Block

Date: 1900
Description: View of the post office block, otherwise known as the Burnie block. Caption reads: "Post-Office Block, Fairchild, Wis. (Burnie Block.)"
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Rainy Day

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Description: A street scape with people holding umbrellas walking on a sidewalk in the rain. The street shows a business section, and there is a horse-drawn vehicle in ...
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Wisconsin Street

Date: 1900
Description: View across intersection toward a building on the street corner. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street, Kenosha, Wis."
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Main Street, Looking East from the Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: View down of Main Street from along right-side curb. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the street, and pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Storefronts are on both ...
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Women Wearing Hats Walking on Sidewalk

Date: 1912
Description: Young women carrying purses and wearing very large hats are walking down a sidewalk. A person on the left is holding an umbrella, and one woman is holding ...
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G.H. Goldrick General Merchandise Store

Date: 08 24 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of the entrance to the G.H. Goldrick General Merchandise store. Trees and a flier-covered telephone pole can also be seen. Signs on t...
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Main Street West

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of Main Street West. The street is unpaved and covered with ruts. Sidewalks line both sides, and pedestrians are walking between the sto...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View looking down Main Street. Shops and businesses line both sides of the street including the P.J. Wossenburger Hotel, city livery, bakery and harness sh...
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State Bank of Drummond

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of a building. The left side has a sign that says: "State Bank of Drummond" and the window on the right says: "Soda and I...
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Group of Children

Date: 1910
Description: Seven children and one young adult, posed, seated in front of a (store?) window. Behind the group are baby carriages. One child is hiddenbehind the girl on...
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Watch the Modern Drugstore Grow

Date: 1908
Description: View the from the street of a building being remodeled to accommodate two businesses: a drugstore on the ground floor and a postal sub-station on the secon...
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G. Miller Musical Instruments Window Display

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Description: The G. Miller storefront window displays musical instruments as well as clocks and watches. The store is in the Walker's Point neighborhood near South Sixt...
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Windross Store, Cream City, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Windross Store, Cream City.
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Iowa Street

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of Iowa Street looking north, showing businesses, with awnings over the show windows, on the west side of street. The Iowa Count...
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Lake Geneva Auto Station

Date: 06 02 1928
Description: View across street towards a convertible automobile with a fender-mounted spare tire parked in front of the Lake Geneva Auto Station on the south side of M...
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H.H. Ratcliff Company

Date: 03 1929
Description: View from street towards the H.H. Ratcliff Company, jewelers and opticians, at 29 S. Pinckney Street. Across the street, the building on the corner of Main...
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R.H. Mill

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Description: View across snowy, unpaved street towards the storefront. Caption reads: "R.H. Mill, Sullivan, Wis."
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Union Bus Station

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Description: View down sidewalk on North Fairchild Street towards a bus driving into the Union Bus Station at 122 W. Washington Avenue. On the sidewalk near the bus is ...
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Rexall Store, Washington Street

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Description: View from street of the Washington Street block with, from left, the Rexall Store, J.G. Fredericksen Furniture, and a bank. A rack of postcards is on displ...

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