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La Pointe from Big Bay Road

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Big Bay Road on Madeline Island.
Postcard

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, ...
Photograph

Harvester-Thresher

Date: 09 11 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man using a tractor to pull a McCormick-Deering harvester-thresher (combine) down a dirt road.
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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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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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Richmond Central School

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph of exterior of a building used as the Confederate government's Executive Mansion. This was where Jefferson Davis and his family stayed during t...
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Bridge on the Ontonagon River

Date: 1936
Description: View from shoreline of a bridge over the Ontonagon River. There is snow on the ground with bare the trees in the background.
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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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Boat House at Eagle Knob Resort on Lake Owen

Date: 1932
Description: View along shoreline of wooden rowboats pulled up at the landing, and a boathouse with a second-story porch at the Eagle Knob Resort on Lake Owen. There is...
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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 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...
Book or Pamphlet

Lake Geneva Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: A view across water towards the Lake Geneva Hotel, also called Hotel Geneva. There are several boats and piers at the water's edge. Two men are boating in ...
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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