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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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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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Dousman House Hotel

Date: 1930
Description: Dousman House Hotel, built in 1863 near the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad to provide accommodations for its patrons. View looking southeast near...
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Indian Agency house after restoration. A person is standing on the porch.
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Shopping for Sausage

Date: 1935
Description: Irene Steinkopf, a former Milwaukee journalist, shops for sausage in Vienna where her husband had been assigned by the Associated Press. A bit much for two...
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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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Airplane View of Mason

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view taken from an airplane overlooking the town of Mason. Farm fields, roads, trees, houses and other buildings are visible.
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Storefronts in Mercer

Date: 1939
Description: Automobiles and trucks parked along Main Street in Mercer. Storefront signs on the left side read: Sweet Shop, Drug, The Store, Coffee Shop, and Rugee's Me...
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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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Stringer of Fish in Grass

Date: 1935
Description: Man's hand holding a stringer of about eleven fish in the grass. It is labeled "Butternut Wis" and says "Caught near Mercer, Wis."
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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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