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Uncle Al Fills 'Em Up

Date: 1928
Description: Man pumps gas into an automobile at the Consolidated Boat Co. There is advertising for Coca-Cola, Baby Ruth, and Occident Flour on the side of the small fr...
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Street Scene

Date: 1928
Description: View of the Black Hawk State Bank, an automotive repair and gas station and other shops. There is a car with its door open in front of the repair shop, nea...
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General Store

Date: 1928
Description: A general store and gas station with a car parked in front.
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of church building with a bell tower, arched windows, french doors, a fanlight, and a sign that read "M.E. Church."
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1928
Description: The Brownsville train depot.
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Village Inn

Date: 1928
Description: View across road of the Village Inn; featuring a "Hotel" sign, vines along the screened porch windows, and a fenced garden.
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Creamery

Date: 1928
Description: View across road of two men posing outside a creamery. The creamery has a roofed loading dock on the side.
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Highway 11

Date: 1928
Description: A car drives across a metal bridge on Highway 11.
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Business Section

Date: 1928
Description: View across commercial street looking south. Parked at the curb are cars, and driving along the street is a bearded man with a horse and buggy. The shops a...
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Triangle Tourist Park on Highway US-18/US-12/WI-73

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of gas station/restaurant outside the Triangle Tourist Park. The establishment offers Red Crown brand gasoline, Coney Island Red Hots, hot co...
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Kendall Street Scene

Date: 1928
Description: View down a commercial street. An automotive repair shop is located on the left side of the street.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1928
Description: View down cobblestone platform of a group of young boys and men standing alongside the front of the depot. The locomotive on the tracks is Class A1 3012, a...
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Iowa-Minnesota State Line

Date: 1928
Description: View down road of a man and young girl posing near their car at the Iowa welcome sign on an archway over the road. In the background are advertisements for...
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Street Scene

Date: 1928
Description: View down street. On the left is the McCann. Undertaking building and grocery store. Two children play on a wagon on the sidewalk. Five people are gathered...
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Public School

Date: 1928
Description: Facade of brick building, with stone steps and a columned entrance. On the left near the corner of the building is a cart, and along the side there appears...
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Midway Filling Station on Hwy 16

Date: 1928
Description: View down road towards a filling station near Portage. A man stands while filling his tank. Two boys stand nearby. Under large trees are two pumps, a small...
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Deep Lake

Date: 1928
Description: View down slope towards Deep Lake. There is a girl standing in a rowboat at the shoreline. She is holding up her catch of the day. In the background a man ...
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Procession to St. Anne's Hill

Date: 1928
Description: View down valley of a procession of hundreds of pilgrims walking up the hill to St. Anne's Chapel which is lined with Stations of the Cross. The crowd is w...
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"Shady Rest" at Clearwater Cottages

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of one of the larger guest cabins with screened-in porch at Clearwater Cottages. An automobile is parked on the right.
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Jordan Lake at Clearwater Cottages

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of Jordan Lake. Two people are fishing in a rowboat below, and the wooded far shoreline is in the distance.

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