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West Milwaukee Street

Date: 1904
Description: View down left side of street towards the right side of the street. A man is on a horse-drawn wagon in the left foreground. Storefronts are on the right. C...
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55 Ft. Ladder in Quarry

Date: 1904
Description: Photographic postcard view of the bottom of the quarry, with a ladder from the bottom of the pit to top. There is a shed at the foot of the ladder. Caption...
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Beet Sugar Factory

Date: 1904
Description: View across field toward the beet sugar factory. Caption reads: "Beet Sugar Factory, Janesville, Wis."
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Court House

Date: 1904
Description: View of the courthouse, with an arched entrance and clock tower. Caption reads: "Court House, La Crosse, Wis."
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State Capitol

Date: 1904
Description: Exterior view of the Capitol building before the 1904 fire. The State Seal is in the upper left corner. Caption reads: "State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin."
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Bay and Harbor Entrance

Date: 1904
Description: Elevated view of Manitowoc and Lake Michigan. Caption reads: "Bay and Harbor Entrance, Manitowoc, Wis."
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Burning of the Ripon Opera House

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Burning of the Ripon Opera House, Ripon Wis." A dramatic scene at night, with flames consuming an Opera House which is silhouetted ag...
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The Commons, Ripon College

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "The Commons, Ripon College. Ripon, Wis." A sidewalk runs past several college buildings shaded by trees.
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Returning from Work

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "'Returning from Work.' St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes. St. Francis, Wis." A group of six women holding implements and a nun are ...
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Lomira Train Station

Date: 08 20 1904
Description: Handwriting on front reads: "1913 Lomira, Wis." A crowd of women and children waiting at a train station.
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Wolf River Paper & Fiber Company

Date: 1904
Description: Text on the front reads: "Wolf River Paper & Fiber Co., Shawano, Wis." Industrial buildings with a millpond in the foreground. The mill was founded in 1894...
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High School

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Shullsburg, Wis." The Romanesque Revival school was built in 1900 of cream colored stone from the Pennich Quarry, 2.5 mi...
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Water Street, Looking East

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Water Street, Looking East, Shullsburg, Wis." People are in an automobile coming up the unpaved street which is lined with businesses...
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Students' Promenade

Date: 10 15 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Students' Promenade, St. Clara College, Sinsinawa, Winconsin. [sic]" Several groups of students are walking along a wide, tree-shaded...
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Castle Rock

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Castle Rock near Sparta, Wis." A formation about 600 feet high, having on its summit a large circular rock, named Castle Rock, for it...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green, Wis." Exterior view of the southern elevation of Hillside Home School, designed by F...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green, Wis." Three boys are posing in front of the school. The Hillside Home School was des...
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Ore Docks

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Ore Docks, Superior, Wis." Elevated view of an ore carrying ship that is within the ore docks on Lake Superior.
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Souvenir of Tomah

Date: 1904
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Multiple View Card, Souvenir of Tomah." The smaller images, which flip when the card on top is pulled, include: Congregational Chur...
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The Hogs Back

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "The Hogs Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hogs Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A r...

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