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Wausau Railroad Station

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Wausau Railroad Station with power lines in the foreground.
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Sleigh on Door County Harbor

Date: 02 1924
Description: A single horse pulls an enclosed sleigh across a frozen Door County harbor. Houses and a church are visible onshore.
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Sleighing on Ephraim Bay

Date: 02 1924
Description: Winter scene with a team of horses standing harnessed to an enclosed bobsled on snow- and ice-covered Ephraim Bay.
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Boathouse and Bathhouse

Date: 1924
Description: A small wood frame boathouse with a double door, and a bathhouse stand near the Hotz cottage on the shore near Fish Creek Beach. Both have rustic twig rail...
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Boating

Date: 07 26 1924
Description: Ferdinand L. (Fedy) Hotz steers the powerboat "Oweene" with 6 women passengers. His mother, Clothilde, sits closest to him. Door Bluff is in the backgroun...
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Packing Cherries

Date: 07 23 1924
Description: A group of men and women pack cherries on a workbench made of planks and sawhorses. Wooden fruit crates are stacked in a truck and on the ground. There are...
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Newport House

Date: 1920
Description: Clothes hang on the line behind a large wood frame house. The roof is in need of repair. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, holds a dachsund in a car par...
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Young Loon

Date: 1928
Description: A juvenile loon stands in the snow on the hill above Europe Lake. The Hotz boathouse, with its walkway and rustic railing, is in the background.
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Miles School

Date: 1931
Description: Pupils and their teacher (rear) pose in front of their school house. Two cars are parked in the school yard. A man and other pupils stand near a water pump...
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Paine Lumber Company Yards

Date: 1925
Description: View from bridge or boat railing of piles of lumber in the Paine Lumber Company yards on the banks of the Fox River. There is a boat house on the left shor...
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Ice Bicycle

Date: 1930
Description: A bicycle which has been modified for travel on ice stands on frozen Geneva Lake. The front wheel of the bicycle has been replaced by a ski; the rear wheel...
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Boats and Pickup

Date: 04 28 1929
Description: A pickup truck parked on the brick drive near the main house at Black Point Estate. Two boats rest on a trailer parked in front of the truck.
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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 t...
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Studebaker in Front of Cottage

Date: 1917
Description: A Studebaker automobile is parked on the brick drive in front of the 1905 cottage at Black Point Estate. The side and front porches on the first floor are ...
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First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company

Date: 1929
Description: View from street of the First National Bank and Central Wisconsin Trust Company in the 100 block of South Pinckney Street. Other businesses include the Cho...
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The Hub

Date: 03 1929
Description: View across street towards The Hub, a men's clothing store. Above the striped awning is a sign reading: "Society Brand Clothes, Florsheim Shoes." Directly ...
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The First Block of East Mifflin Street

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Description: View across street towards storefronts on the first block of East Mifflin Street. In the center is Conklin and Sons, an ice and heating fuel provider in Ma...
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Esser's City Market

Date: 1927
Description: View across street towards 116-118 N. Fairchild Street towards a row of 1920s automobiles angle parked outside Esser's City Market. To the right of the mar...
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The First Block of East Mifflin Street

Date: 1929
Description: View from across street towards the first block of East Mifflin Street. The businesses are, from left to right: The Strand Theater, Kinney Shoes, Hughes Wo...
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New Dinghies

Date: 04 28 1928
Description: A trailer loaded with two new dinghies is parked on the brick drive at Black Point Estate. An automobile identified as "Thompson's Ford" is parked behind i...

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