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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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Woman with Toasters

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Description: Woman comparing toaster wattages.
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Dobby's Cosmo Club

Date: 07 16 1943
Description: Dobby's Cosmo Club, owned by John C. Dobson, Route 1, Mendota, Wisconsin, interior view of the bar showing liquor bottles and three World War II servicemen...
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Family in Yard and Woman on Horseback

Date: 1869
Description: A family poses in a yard with one elegantly dressed young woman on horseback. The frame house has an unusually shaped attic story fan window. The porch is ...
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Group on Porch of Middleton House

Date: 1873
Description: A group posed on the porch of the Middleton House, a two-story frame building with lattice and cut work, located across the intersection from J. Green & Co...
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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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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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Stanley Hotel in Chippewa Falls

Date: 1920
Description: View from street towards the Stanley Hotel on a corner, with large electricity poles on the sidewalk in front.
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Northwest Intersection at Fourth and Water

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui...
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Kaukauna Public Library

Date: 1955
Description: View across street towards the Kaukauna Public Library.
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Industrial Home for Women

Date: 1920
Description: The dormitory building of the Taycheedah Industrial Home for Women.
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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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Children Meet the Milkman

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Description: A group of children gather around a milk truck as the milkman emerges with bottles of milk.
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Oconomowoc Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Oconomowoc Public Library. The library was funded by a combined gift of $4,500 from Mrs. Geo Bullen and Mr. P. D. Armour, Sr. Photogra...
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Globe Company Picket Line

Date: 09 1945
Description: View from road of picket line of United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 284 at the Globe company plant.
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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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The "Plowboy" Ferry

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Description: A group of people posing standing in front of the steamboat "Plowboy." Buildings are in the background.

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