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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Sanctuary of Cistercian Monastery. Two men are kneeling down before the altar. Caption reads: "Sanctuary of the Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Spring Bank monastery. Man kneeling in from of one of the Stations of the Cross. This is probably part of the Cistercian monastery. Caption reads: "Station... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A postcard of the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) depicting aquatic fowl, with an inset of a sea lion on a rock. Caption reads: "At the Zoo, Madison, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Campaign card promoting Carl Zeidler for the office of Mayor of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view looking out at people standing, and some fishing, on the Northport pier at Death's Door, with the bay in the background. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of trees shading the lawn at Menges Resort on Lake Puckaway. There is a two-story wood frame building with a screened porch acro... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking down towards a woman wearing a hat who is sitting and fishing from one of four rowboats tied up at the sh... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of young men and boys paddling canoes toward the shore of Boulder Lake. A canoe on the left bears the YMCA insignia. Other yout... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Beautiful Clam Lake From Camp Northland, Siren, Wis." Two people are in a rowboat and two more are fishing at the end of the pier. Four mor... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "U.S. Post Office, Stevens Point, Wis." Exterior view from street of the Post Office on a street corner, built in 1919. Women and chil... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Trout Ponds at the State Hatchery, Wild Rose, Wis." View across ponds lined with trees. In the background on the right are a man and ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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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