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Willson Monarch Remedies Wagon

Date: 1935
Description: Two salesmen stand beside one of the Willson's Monarch Remedies horse-drawn wagons. Willson's sold patent medicines, spices, extracts, flavorings, and "toi...
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Asa Preston in front of Blacksmith's Shop

Date: 1873
Description: Asa Preston (1816-1892) stands in front of his blacksmith's shop with his sons David (1840-1904) and John (1842-1898) behind him and a variety of items mad...
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People on Sidewalk in front of Store

Date: 1872
Description: People stand on a sidewalk and porch in front of a frame store. Farm machinery is on the side of the store.
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The Carlisle House

Date: 1876
Description: The Carlisle House on Brodhead Street. The building is surrounded by the Commercial Hotel, a billiard parlor, and J. Orbrecht's Variety Store.
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Family by Onon Bjorn Dahle Store

Date: 1872
Description: A family standing on the porch of the Onon Bjorn Dahle Store. The store has a second floor balcony across the front, and steps and a fence on the right sid...
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Onon Bjorn Dahle Store

Date: 1872
Description: The Onon Bjorn Dahle Store with a pile of boxes to the left and a cornfield on the right.
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J. Green and Company Store

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of the J. Green & Co. Store, a frame building with a false front, a third-story fan window and two full windows. Men stand nearby with farm i...
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Railroad Crew and Boy on Handcar

Date: 1872
Description: Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor...
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Rice Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards a long row of automobiles parked on the left side at an angle along the curb in front of storefronts.
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Broadway from Bennett Studio

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Description: View of Broadway as seen from the Bennett studio.
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Joe Pettit's International G-61 Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A man leans out of the cab of an International Model G-61 truck parked on an unpaved street in front of a building identified as "garage." The truck has th...
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Vendors at City Market

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of men standing around vendor trucks parked at the city fruit market in front of commercial buildings. A building in the background has a sig...
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Main Street

Date: 1912
Description: One of Frank Feiker's 'Souvenir' photographs. This one is labeled 'no 17' in the left corner and 'no 16' in the right corner. There is a brass band ensembl...
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View of De Pere

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Description: View on Broadway, looking south.
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Outdoor Portrait of Two Men with a Tandem Bicycle

Date: 1896
Description: An outdoor portrait of two men with a tandem bicycle. The men stand in a yard near a front walk leading up to a porch. In back of the men is the side of a ...
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First and Main, Black River Falls

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of First and Main Streets. A banner promoting the 1891 Wisconsin State Fair is posted on the side of a building.

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