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Williams Bay Depot

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Description: Elevated view of passengers arriving on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train at the Williams Bay station. Many automobiles are parked near the depot, ...
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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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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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Stone Mill

Date: 06 19 1925
Description: Exterior of stone mill. An automobile of the period is parked under the front portico, and there is a wooden wing in the rear. A sign in front advertises "...
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Leibman's Resort on Lake Chippewa

Date: 1932
Description: View down dirt driveway lined with stones leading up to a main building at Leibman's Resort on Lake Chippewa. Two automobiles are parked off to the far rig...
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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...
Book or Pamphlet

Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: A view down Main Street looking east from the Y.M.C.A. building.
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Deer Hunting Near New Miner

Date: 1948
Description: Four men and a woman are posing around a car, on which three killed deer are set on the hood of the car. A cat has its paws on the front of the car and is ...
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Edward Alsworth and Frank Ross

Date: 1923
Description: Three men pose along the side of a car. Caption reads: "Edward Alsworth Ross, with son Frank A. Ross and local farmer, on fishing trip, Otsego, Wis. Early ...
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Edward Alsworth and Gilbert Ross

Date: 1923
Description: Three men pose along a car. Caption reads: "Edward Alsworth Ross, with son Gilbert Ross, and local farmer, on fishing trip, Otsego, Wis. Probably early 192...

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