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Workers at a Refreshment Stand

Date: 1911
Description: Three workers with barrels of drinks inside a refreshment booth decorated with stars and stripes. The men were preparing to serve drinks at an Internationa...
Postcard

John Gund Brewing Company

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the John Gund Brewing Company buildings, with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "John Gund Brewing Co., La Crosse, W...
Postcard

High Life in Milwaukee

Date: 1911
Description: Humorous cartoon postcard showing a man flying an airplane constructed primarily of beer bottles, pretzels and sausages, and powered by Miller beer over th...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Musk Melons

Date: 1911
Description: A man and a boy use dollies to haul giant musk melons near a train. In red text on the upper center portion is the inscription, "How we do things at Bald K...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Nip and Tuck

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of a man fishing. The man, wearing waders and up to his knees in water, is struggling to reel in a giant bass. The words "Nip & Tuck with a Ba...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Will It Go In (with Vegetables)

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of two men standing over an open cellar door, attempting to push a giant root vegetable into it. Two women with brooms are holding a baby by t...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Melon Party (without Melons)

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Melon Party." Four girls wearing bows and dresses are holding an object...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Melon Party (with Melons)

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of children with giant watermelons. Four girls wearing dresses and bows hold a giant slice of melon across them as they all bite into it. Two ...
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Man and Boy on Wagon

Date: 1911
Description: Man and boy, possibly father and son, in a horse-drawn wagon loaded with produce. The wagon is on a small town street.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Just Plums

Date: 1911
Description: Two boys haul four giant plums using a small wagon pulled by two white goats. One boy is holding the reins. The boys are wearing jackets and caps. The back...
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Chas. Genge Meat Market

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the meat market. A man wearing a butcher's jacket stands on the porch alongside a platform scale.
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Rhinelander Butcher Shop

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of a butcher shop, with a male butcher sharpening a knife behind a counter lined with cuts of meat, sausages and a scale. Behind the counter ...
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Mill and Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: View across bridge of mill. There is a man standing on a wagon near the side of the mill. Behind the mill is a steep hill, with a house visible among trees...
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Shullsburg Street Scene Looking East

Date: 1911
Description: View down middle of street in a commercial business district. A bakery, a doctor's office and a grocery are on the left. The Opera House, another doctor's ...
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Auditorium Hotel

Date: 1911
Description: The Auditorium Hotel, a three-story building with a turret and stairs to the main floor entrances. A wrap-around balcony is on the main floor. Barrels unde...
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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1911
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a storefront with large display windows and a barrel near the entrance. In front is a horse and buggy hitch...
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Canning Factory

Date: 1911
Description: View across set of railroad tracks of a canning factory. There are a number of warehouses and outbuildings. Trees are on a hill in the background.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the depot and yards. A windmill and water tower in the distance. Carts with sacks of flour and milk cans next to the depot. Signs for Western Uni...
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Creamery

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the creamery and a residence on its second floor. A woman and two children at the foot of the stairs. A one lane road winding up the hill.
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Business District

Date: 1911
Description: View down street towards the a central business district. There is a T intersection at the end of the main street. Storefronts with awnings line both sides...

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