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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Gladstone Hotel, with stairs and a porch leading to the entrance. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | City Hall Square. A statue on a grassy pedestal is in the center of the road in front of the hotel. A grey building is to the left of the hotel on the stre... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of the Montello granite quarry with Montello Lake in the background. The sign in the foreground reads, "J.T. Barrett Pays Highest Prices for Furs, M... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Formal portrait of the Lake Mills Fire Company preparing for a race in which volunteer companies in harness pulled their fire hose carts. Ralph Engsberg, ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Joseph Pearson, milkman, poses with his wagon and team of horses in front of the Madison High School at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Johnson Street. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of a railroad station across from the Hotel Wells. Railroad tracks run between them, disappearing into the distance. There are tre... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Shows pipes of various sizes, hydrants, valves, and wells. "1907" -- Lower margin. Lake Wingra, Lake Monona, and Lake Mendota are labelled. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of the power station next to the river. A bridge is in the background. Caption reads: "Power Station, B... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Dane County Telephone Co. horse-drawn service and installation wagon. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. “Dad” Schroeder and Oscar Quale are... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View the from the street of a building being remodeled to accommodate two businesses: a drugstore on the ground floor and a postal sub-station on the secon... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard from street towards the Eau Claire House on a street corner. There is a group of men standing in front. A buggy is along th... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View from intersection towards the Galloway Hotel, a large three story building with wrought iron fencing along the second story. People are sitting in fro... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view toward the Peerless Hotel, mostly obscured by trees. A group of women are in the park in the foreground. Caption reads: "Peerless Ho... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard street view of a central business district in a small town. The post office is on the corner on the left. Caption reads: "South Main St.... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of a hotel in Holcombe with steps up to a porch with columns at the entrance, and a balcony above. A sign on the side of the building reads: "The Jour... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a group of firefighters walking down a tent-lined street in downtown Lake Mills. A banner reads: "Wellcome Firefighters." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards stone buildings and a smokestack. Caption reads: "Electric Light Plant, Mazomanie, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A Sanborn fire map of Brodhead. Includes an inset at top right showing distances from P.O. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Main Street, Looking North, Stanley, Wis." View up unpaved street lined with businesses. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. The Hotel Maine ... |
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