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Lake Geneva Downtown Restaurants

Date: 1920
Description: Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ...
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W.J. Hyland Plumbing Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Ford truck of Madison plumber W.J. Hyland parked outdoors.
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International G-61 Truck Carrying Orange Smash Soda

Date: 1920
Description: International Model G-61 loaded with Orange Smash soda and parked in middle of a city street. A man is sitting in the driver's seat. The truck was owned an...
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International Truck Owned by Rice Lake Bottling Works

Date: 1920
Description: International truck owned by the Rice Lake Bottling Works parked on a snow-covered street in front of Reckenthaler's Garage. The truck is equipped with cha...
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Butterfield Hotel, Clermont Street

Date: 1920
Description: The Butterfield Hotel on Clermont Street.
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Central House in Boscobel

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from street of Central House, with advertisements on the side of the building for Red Crown Gasoline. The Order of the Gideons was founded he...
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Stanley Hotel in Chippewa Falls

Date: 1920
Description: View from street towards the Stanley Hotel on a corner, with large electricity poles on the sidewalk in front.
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Hawks Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: Front view of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn, with a person sitting on the porch. There is also a second floor porch. Posters are posted on a pole i...
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Wade House Inn

Date: 1920
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Corner of Third and Scott Streets

Date: 1920
Description: View towards intersection at Third Street and Scott Street. The Hotel Bellis is at 420 Third Street facing the Court House. Streetcar tracks run along both...
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First National Bank, Viroqua, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from intersection towards the First National Bank on a street corner. A building next to the bank on the right has a sign that reads, in part...
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Tower Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View of Tower Avenue at 13th Street. A furniture store and a hotel are along the left side of the street. Caption reads: "Tower Avenue at 13th Street, Supe...
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Buck Inn

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Buck Inn at Lost Lake Resort. Caption reads: "Buck Inn At Lost Lake Resort, Sayner, Wis."
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Astor Fur Trading Building

Date: 1920
Description: Astor fur trading building, The Northwest Fur Company, in 1808. This building was later used as a post office before the Civil War.
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Model G-61 Truck Used for Transfer Company

Date: 1920
Description: A driver is leaning against an International G-61 truck operated by the Shaw Transfer Company. The truck is parked on a snow-covered street and appears to ...
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Model G-61 Truck Operated by the G.H. Miller Company

Date: 1920
Description: An International G-61 truck parked on an ice-covered city street and loaded with crates. The truck was owned by the G.H. Miller Transfer and Storage Compan...
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International G/61 Wholesale Grocery Truck

Date: 1920
Description: A man drives an International Model G or 61 truck with a large metal bed frame for Wholesale Grocers of F.H. Swett and Company.
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Lady Clementine Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Man driving an International truck advertising "Lady Clementine Pure Food Products" is parked on a dirt road in front of a fence near a brick building. The...
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International F-31 Swartz Bros. Delivery Truck

Date: 1920
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by "Shwartz Bros. Inc." of "Norwich Conn." Two men, a driver and a passenger, are sitting in the truck. Addi...
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International F-31 Quality Bread Truck

Date: 1920
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Girard and LePage of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, makers of "Quality Bread." A man is sitting in the truck, ...

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