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Deleglise Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: The first house in Antigo, the Deleglise cabin, built in 1878. Caption reads: "Deleglise Club, First House in Antigo, Built in 1877, Antigo, Wis." Handwrit...
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North Broadway Avenue

Date: 1930
Description: View of residential street with many trees lining the terrace. Rails, possibly trolley rails, run down the center of the street. Caption reads: "North Broa...
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High School, Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view across street towards a high school. Caption reads: "High School, Superior, Wis."
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S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. Office Building

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior elevated view of the S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. office building. Caption reads: "An authentic original in the world's modern architecture. The new...
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Eagle River Street Scene

Date: 1935
Description: Traffic on Wall Street in Eagle River.
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Manawa High School

Date: 1930
Description: Manawa High School. It is postmarked 1930, the year in which Joseph R. McCarthy, certainly its most famous graduate, completed his high school curriculum....
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Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1938
Description: Slightly elevated view of the State Historical Society at 816 State Street. Caption reads: "State Historical Library, Madison, Wis."
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Greetings From Devil's Lake

Date: 07 28 1933
Description: Colorized postcard in the Tall-Tale style. Two men standing on the shore are pulling a third man's leg out of a enormous fish's mouth. Two automobiles and ...
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Along the Shore — Gordon's Lodge

Date: 1934
Description: Photographic postcard view along the rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan towards a long pier that jutts out behind the rocky point. Caption reads: "Along the ...
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Grace Lutheran Church

Date: 1934
Description: Photographic postcard of an exterior view from the street of a stone church. Caption reads: "Grace Lutheran Church, Berlin, Wis."
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Pines and Corner of Dining Room — Fallhall Glen

Date: 1934
Description: An exterior view of a log sided building in the woods. Caption reads: "Pines and Corner of Dining Room — Fallhall Glen, Black River Falls, Wis."
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St. Joseph's Hospital at Chippewa Falls, Wis.

Date: 1936
Description: View from street towards the St. Joseph's Hospital. In the center is a two level open porch, with two people on the second level. A 1930s automobile is par...
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Grade School

Date: 1930
Description: View from street of the Grade School building. Caption reads: "Grade School, Durand, Wis."
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Pepin County Hospital

Date: 1930
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of a large white building with awnings, labeled as the Pepin County Hospital. Caption reads: "Pepin County Hospi...
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Pine Cottage, Hemlock Grove Cottages

Date: 1930
Description: Cottage at the resort with chairs on the grass in front. Caption reads: "Pine Cottage, Hemlock Grove Cottages, Route 2, Eagle River, Wisconsin."
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New Bridge, Durand, Wis

Date: 1930
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline of the "new" truss bridge over the Chippewa River. There is a walkway and railing along the shoreline in the fore...
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View on the Lawn "The Highland"

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Highland Hotel's lakeside lawn. Several park benches are among the trees on the lawn. In the background at the shoreline is a boathouse with a ...
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Mt. Washington Sanitorium

Date: 1938
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of the Mt. Washington Sanitorium, a four-story medical facility. Caption reads: "Mt. Washington Sanitorium, Eau Clair...
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Anderson Hotel

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Anderson Hotel. The building is a two-story wooden structure with a gabled roof, balcony and porch. Caption reads: "Anderson Hotel, Ep...
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Green Lake Bible Institute; Hulbert Hall and Auditorium

Date: 1931
Description: Black and white photographic postcard with two views: one of Hulbert Hall and the other the octagonal auditorium at the Green Lake Bible Institute. A man i...

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