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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street towards the Fond du Lac Public Library. Caption reads: "Public Libarry, Fond Du Lac, Wis." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Door County Museum. Caption reads: "Door County Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Mobil gas station constructed of split stone. Next door, offering ice cream, soda pop, and groceries to motorists near Silver Lake, was the Boothville groc... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue, looking east from Court of Honor. Caption reads: "Court of Honor, Looking East, Milwaukee, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 10 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an aerial view of town. Text below reads: "Aerial View — Boscobel, Wis." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline of Lake Eau Claire and a small island. Caption reads: "Lake Eau Claire, Augusta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a log cabin in the woods. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Dixie Lodge, Balsam Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the City Dock on Lake Superior. There are four boats, and people and cars are on the dock. A sign in the foreground reads: "N... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from street of the Standard Service Station, with cars parked along the curb, and another car at a pump. The building to the lef... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph postcard of the park at the Grotto, with houses in the background. Caption reads: "Park at Grotto, Dickeyville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Looking north on Bridge Street from Spring Street intersection. In foreground, left, is a bank. In foreground, right, is a restaurant with a neon sign that... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Two-story home with a wrap-around porch. A bench is on the lawn. Caption reads: "Lake Beulah Home of John M. Volkhardts, East Troy, Wis." |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fish Creek and Green Bay. Dwellings are in the foreground. The Peninsula State Park is across the bay. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis. Fr... |
| Date: | 08 29 1941 |
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| Description: | View of a flooded road with a truck and cars making their way through. Men are standing knee-deep in the water. A Standard Oil Station is on the left. Ther... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards a bench near a tree on the left, and rowboats tied to a dock on the right. Further down the shoreline are a row of rowboats pu... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View of the flowage of the Totogatic, a designated wild river. Three rowboats are anchored just off shore. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the high school, a three-story brick building. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the public library and the church next door. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View Jefferson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the campus of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View Davidson Hall and part of Academy Campus, Northwes... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | View across outlet towards the park by Rock Lake. People are picnicking, children are on a swing set, and women are walking along a path. There is a rustic... |
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