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Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
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Downriver from Grand Avenue Bridge

Date: 
Description: Schooners docked on river. The view is downriver from the Grand Avenue Bridge.
Painting

Horlick's Malted Milk Factory

Date: 1914
Description: Horlick's Malted Milk Factory.
Painting

Peshtigo Fire II. Fire in Town

Date: 
Description: Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871.
Photograph

Darling Shop Display Window

Date: 11 06 1940
Description: Exterior night view of the Darling Shop, located at 9 East Main Street, with people looking at the window displays. A portion of the lighted neon "Darling ...
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L.C. Smith Typewriter Truck

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: View across street towards a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 Super Speed L.C. Smith typewriters. A young boy and three men are standing in the s...
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Lewis D-X Station at Night

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Front door of Lewis D-X Service Station at night, 118 King Street. Sign on door reads: "We meet the finest people in the world at this station --- our cust...
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Browns Book Shop Interior

Date: 04 26 1936
Description: Interior view of the new book room and rental library of Browns Book Shop at 643 State Street.
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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 12 02 1926
Description: Capitol Theatre, at 211 State Street. View of the foundation excavation looking from the construction house toward State Street.
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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 01 03 1927
Description: Capitol Theatre, at 211 State Street. View showing the foundation excavation looking from the north toward Dayton Street.
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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 02 01 1927
Description: Capitol Theatre, at 211 State Street, under construction. View is looking from the south toward State Street.
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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 02 01 1927
Description: Capitol Theatre, 211 State Street, under construction. View looking from Kessenich's toward Dayton Street.
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 03 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, looking east.
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 06 04 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, looking northwest.
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Tom Stahl with Dog Team

Date: 1910
Description: Tom Stahl's dog team pulling wagon loaded with goods and child past buildings in La Pointe.
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Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 03 31 1917
Description: Elevated view of men carrying flags marching down State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol in a Loyalty Day Parade.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1959
Description: View of Main Street, lined with the fire department, city clerk's office, and Pugh's Battery - Electric Shop.
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Buildings in Stanley

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated panoramic view of buildings in Stanley.
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Bus Stop Panorama

Date: 2009
Description: Panoramic view from across street of building near bus stop. A man is waiting for the bus near the steps to the building.
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Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.

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