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Train Speeding through Town

Date: 1994
Description: Train on the railroad tracks through town.
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Plastic House

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Exterior view of a modular home under construction in Wisconsin Rapids. The house was a project developed by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper C...
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Modular Housing

Date: 03 11 1946
Description: A truck arrives at a construction site in Wisconsin Rapids loaded with walls for a factory-built house. The house was the product of the Plastics Division...
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Post-World War II Housing

Date: 03 11 1946
Description: Concrete block basement for a factory-built house in Wisconsin Rapids. The house was a product of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, and it was ...
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Large Group of Ice Skaters

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of a large group of ice skaters at River Park. Some of the skaters are formed into a large circle.
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Three Western Union Messengers Pose with Woman

Date: 04 1930
Description: Three Western Union messenger boys with two bicycles and one woman stand on the sidewalk in front of the branch office at 650 State Street. There is snow o...
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Woman Stands Outside of a Western Union Office

Date: 04 1930
Description: A woman stands outside of the Western Union office at 650 State Street. She is next to a Western Union sign and several bicycles, and there is snow on the ...
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Western Union Messengers Pose with Bicycle

Date: 04 1930
Description: Three Western Union messenger boys pose with a bicycle in front of the Western Union sign at 650 State Street. There is snow on the ground. The messenger b...
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Street in Sleet Storm

Date: 02 22 1922
Description: View of an ice covered street, trees and houses. Text on back of photograph reads: "Sleet storm of February 22nd & 23rd/22. Looking west from street inters...
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Blind Man with White Cane

Date: 2013
Description: A blind man with a white cane waits on the corner of 7th & Cass Streets. He is wearing jeans, a denim jacket, blaze orange hat and boots. Snow is piled on ...
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Neighbor in the Snow

Date: 2012
Description: Beth, a neighbor of the photographer, smoking during a snowstorm on 7th Street. She is wearing a brown sweater with a shawl collar, an unzipped red coat, a...
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Viterbo University Campus

Date: 02 2014
Description: Students walking on the Viterbo University campus in winter. Viterbo University is a Roman Catholic liberal arts university. On the right are banners, on t...
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Blair and Main Streets

Date: 03 03 2012
Description: A view of the intersection of South Blair and East Main Streets, looking easterly. There is snow on the ground and the scene includes a number of brick bui...
Postcard

Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: A view, looking east, of the grounds and buildings of the Montello Granite Company. On the left, a train car with "Detroit Southern" painted on it stands o...
Postcard

Winter Scene

Date: 1907
Description: A view captioned "Looking North from Butlers' Bridge, Montello, Wis." features a shed with a snow covered roof reflected in the Montello River. There is ic...
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Downtown Blanchardville

Date: 04 19 2012
Description: A view of the downtown area on a rainy day. The Woodford State Bank is on the left, and the street is lined with various storefronts and taverns. There is ...
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Downtown Blue Mounds

Date: 02 24 2012
Description: View of the downtown business district on a snowy, overcast day.
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Uptown Blue Mounds

Date: 04 25 2012
Description: A view of a main street in the business district.
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Rephotographic Pair: The Barrymore Theater

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Description: A vintage and a modern image of the Barrymore Theater (formerly the Eastwood Theater) at 2090 Atwood Avenue, presented as a pair.
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Rephotographic Pair: Garver Feed and Supply Company and U.S.

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Description: A modern view of the Garver Feed and Supply Company and a vintage view of the same building when it was the U.S. Sugar Company, presented as a pair. There ...

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