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Buena Vista House

Date: 1940
Description: View across street towards the inn, with three cars parked in front. There is a "Chicken & Steak Dinner" sign, as well as a "Schlitz" beer sign. The cobbl...
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Aerial View of Wisconsin Power and Light Company

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company generating plant and dam.
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Hamacher Hotel

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Hamacher Hotel on West Mifflin Street.
Postcard

Poplar Tourist Cabins

Date: 1940
Description: Automobiles parked outside the Poplar Tourist Court.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1940
Description: Main Street, showing a grocery store, restaurant, and the Up and Down Tavern.
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Art's Tavern

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view from street of Art's Tavern.
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Dad's Bar

Date: 1940
Description: Customers standing outside the small bar are probably waiting to take the ferry across the river.
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Restored Spring Tavern

Date: 1940
Description: View of the Spring Tavern after its restoration by James Dickson.
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Piggsville

Date: 1940
Description: Small neighborhood of the city at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley. Overhead is the second Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct, demolished in 1992. Cars a...
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Red Arrow Park

Date: 1940
Description: Swimming area with children and adults enjoying the weather, with the Tower Hotel is in the background.
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Droster Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1940
Description: Children standing on barrels in front of Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue, run by Red Whitney. The children are Whitney's nieces ...
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Droster Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1940
Description: Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue with a car at the pumps.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: A man walks down Main Street towards an Amoco station and parked cars. To his left, a sign advertises "The Art Center" located on Hoyt's Lane. The Leavit...
Postcard

Bridge Street

Date: 1940
Description: Looking north on Bridge Street from Spring Street intersection. In foreground, left, is a bank. In foreground, right, is a restaurant with a neon sign that...
Drawing

Sketch of Forest Lodge Ice House

Date: 1940
Description: Pencil sketch showing the Forest Lodge log icehouse among tall trees.
Postcard

Park Hotel

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Park Hotel, Richland Center, Wis." A large brick hotel is located at the intersection of two city streets. The hotel is three stories...
Postcard

Harper Lake Resort

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Harper Lake Resort, Westboro, Wis." Swimming dock with a ladder leading up to a diving platrom on Harper Lake. A rowboat is moored to...
Postcard

Hilltop Cabin

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Hilltop, Meinel's Resort, Winchester, Wisconsin." A stamp on the reverse reads: "Timberlane Lodge, 'Formerly Meinel's Resort,' Winche...
Postcard

Post Office and Store

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office and Store, Winnebago, Wis." A corner store and post office with three gas pumps, surrounded by trees. A man leans on his ...

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