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Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: A group of people gather on Mission dock as the steamboat "Skater" approaches. A boy is walking down the dock carrying a box on his shoulder.
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John Pitt Dean on Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: John Pitt Dean standing at the center of Mission Dock surrounded by people, some of them holding umbrellas. There is pile of luggage on the dock.
Postcard

Chicago and Northwestern Railway Depot

Date: 1910
Description: The Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger depot. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Passenger Depot, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View toward intersection. Caption reads: "Main Street looking West, PORTAGE, Wisc."
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Boy at Rootbeer Stand

Date: 1953
Description: Young boy with a rootbeer float moustache standing in the parking lot of a rootbeer stand.
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Montgomery Street Bridge Damage

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking west down road towards the bridge. The roadway is damaged in two spots, leaving large gaps. The walls of the bridge are still intact. Traffic barri...
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Oak Street Bridge Collapse

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: View from water of bridge collapsed into the river, with the metal supports half submerged and the brick base crumbling. Dwellings can be seen along the hi...
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Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking Northwest. Workers are standing on the right next to the exposed drainage pipes in the damaged bridge. Sheets and quilts are covering the entranc...
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Water Street Bridge Repair

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets.
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Debris Under Water Street Bridge

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Behind the drugstore, looking downstream. The water under the bridge is full of construction debris.
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Neighborhood House Album: Boy Scouts Saluting

Date: 1935
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a three-quarter view of a man and two boy scouts on either side of him who are standing at attentio...
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Larson Barn

Date: 1931
Description: An automobile is parked near the Melvin Larson barn in Bayfield County. The large barn has a concrete block foundation, gambrel roof, and three large venti...
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Dairy Calf Demonstration

Date: 06 28 1932
Description: J.C. Nisbet (center), an editor of Hoard's Dairyman magazine, addresses a crowd of men, women and children at the Walworth County 4-H Club Picnic at...
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Snow Scene

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro...
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The State Bank

Date: 1925
Description: View from across street of the 100 block of South Pinckney Street between 1925 and 1929. The State Bank, Lucien S. Banks, President, is in the center. To t...
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Langdon Street Home

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Description: View up street towards 228 Langdon Street, which was built in 1871 for attorney J.M. Flower. From 1875-1899 it served as the residence of distinguished Uni...
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The Fiore Pennco Gas Station

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Description: The Fiore Pennco gas station, 202 West Washington Ave at North Fairchild Street. There are five gas pumps, and on the left there are signs for Dunlop Tires...
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The Fiore Pennco Gas Station

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Description: View across West Washington Avenue towards the Fiore Pennco gas station, 202 West Washington on the corner of North Fairchild Street. On corner on the righ...
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Union Bus Station

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Description: View across Fairchild Street towards the Union Bus Station at 122 W. Washington Avenue, with a row of automobiles parallel parked outside. On the exterior ...
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Loraine Garage

Date: 1927
Description: View across street towards the Loraine Garage at 14 N. Fairchild Street. There is a painted sign on the building advertising parking for 50 cents. There ar...

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