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Horse-Drawn Patent Medicines Wagon

Date: 01 07 1937
Description: A traveling salesman with Willson's Monarch Labs is standing beside the horse-drawn wagon that took him on sales routes in rural Wisconsin. Willson manufac...
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Car on Rural Country Road

Date: 12 03 1915
Description: Car coming down a rural dirt road. Caption reads: "A view on Houston and Oklona Pike. Chickasaw Co. has over 100 miles of fine pikes and building more." A ...
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Martin Tavern

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Martin Tavern.
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Fort Crawford (Restored)

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Fort Crawford after restoration.
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Brisbois Hotel

Date: 1920
Description: Brisbois Hotel, later part of Campion College.
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Women in the Hops Field

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Description: A group of women posing amidst the hops plants in a field. Most of the women are wearing hats, aprons, and dresses. Some have picnic baskets and many are e...
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Man and Women Driving on Rural Road

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving three women in an International Model M truck on a rural road with a guard rail. In the background is a valley with...
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Train Depot in Valley

Date: 11 30 1915
Description: Elevated view towards a train depot located in a valley.
Drawing

Salzer's Happy Home Collection

Date: 1919
Description: Illustration advertising the Salzer Seed Company's Happy Home collection of 16 plants.
Photograph

Clam Lake Store

Date: 1939
Description: View across road of the Clam Lake Store on the right, a two-story building with a full front porch and a sign that reads “Clam Lake Store, General Merchand...
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Boys with Horses at Red Arrow Resort

Date: 1934
Description: Three boys wearing swimsuits with two horses on the shore of Deep Lake with wooden row boats behind them. The Red Arrow Resort is visible on the left.
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Gas Station on Main Street

Date: 1938
Description: View looking at automobiles and storefronts down one side of Main Street. On the left corner is the downtown gas station with a sign for Firestone. Other s...
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Log Cabin Home

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of the front of a one-story log cabin home. There is a stone chimney on the right side.
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Lake Mercer

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view overlooking Lake Mercer and surrounding forest.
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Forest Ranger Station

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated view of the forest and the two-story Forest Ranger Station with two automobiles parked out front.
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Bird's-eye View of Mercer

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view overlooking Mercer. Roads, trees and buildings are visible.
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Holst's Log Cabin

Date: 1933
Description: Road lined with stones leading up to the one-story Holst's Log Cabin in the woods.
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Mercer Tourist Park, Lakeshore View

Date: 1932
Description: View from the shoreline at Mercer Tourist Park showing people on the dock and floating rafts in the lake.
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Main Street

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of one automobile parked on Main Street near a park (the Legion Memorial Park), trees, an American flag, street lights, and various buildings...
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Log-rolling

Date: 1932
Description: View from water of log rolling with one man in the water holding onto a log, and another man standing on a rolling log. Behind the log is a wooden rowboat ...

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