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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | International Model E highwheeler truck adorned with American flags, advertising banners, and a statue of a sprite named "Prospy." "Prospy" was a little ma... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Storefront of Barrington Mercantile Company, a rural agricultural implement dealer. A variety of signs indicate equipment sold, including Deering machines ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View towards the front of the State Fish Hatchery from the surrounding grounds. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Southwest view of the Jeremiah Curtin house at 8685 West Grange Avenue. This stone and stucco residence was erected in 1835. It has been recognized as the ... |
| Date: | 09 1916 |
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| Description: | Men with a Mogul 8-16 tractor and wagons on a cobblestone street. The group is probably preparing for the Rock Falls Annual Corn Carnival, which took place... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Four young men are stand up against a low stone wall displaying a small pennant with the word "Champions" on it. Two of the young men are holding baseball ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Afermath of the fire of June 4, 1905. A chimney and some burnt out walls still stand. The area around the ruins is fenced off. The top of the building t... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Two men on an International truck operated by Rhein Bros., mattress company. The truck is parked outside a residence and is loaded with mattresses, box sp... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Canned goods are arranged on shelving against a wall inside a grocery store. |
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| Description: | Men pose around the remains of runaway train Engine No. 80 after it crashed and the boiler exploded on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Stone retaining wall along a road leading to a northern Wisconsin resort property on Lac Court Oreilles Lake. A pavilion and buildings border the road. The... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from road of clapboard buildings, one with a large enclosed front porch, bordering the roadway. There is a Cities Service Oils gas pump and a sign for... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from road of large two-story building situated along roadway. A gasoline pump is next to the building along with four fifty-five gallon drums position... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Large two-plus story log building with awnings over the windows, with a one-story attached cafe with a sign that says: MAMMOUTH GAYETY CAFE. There is a cou... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View towards shoreline of nine wooden rowboats pulled up on shore. "Hanson's" is stenciled on the bows. A low bench looks out over the tree-lined lake. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across street of automobiles parked in front of a hardware store and a drugstore on Main Street. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across road of automobile parked next to gasoline pump outside of the Blue Moon Tavern on County Highway 24. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View from across road of a one-story building with stairs leading from the dirt road to the porch; an outhouse is behind the inn. Numerous beer signs are o... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Melody Haven Tavern near Clam Lake. A man is standing next to a stone wall surrounding a parking lot. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Interior of a tavern near Clam Lake. Bar stools are around a bar, and the walls covered with animal mounts, guns, traps, postcards, and signs. Liquor and c... |
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