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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of cars parked alongside businesses on Third Street. Bassett's Drugstore is on the left side of the street. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Monument commemorating the place where General Atkinson built a stockade when he and his troops fought Black Hawk. Caption reads: "Near this spot General A... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the high school with several walkways leading up to it. Caption reads: "'High School,' Ft. Atkinson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Fort Howard Hospital. Within a year after the United States troops landed on the west bank of the Fox River in August, 1816. Dr. Beaumont lived in this hou... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color view of the State Street and Lake Street intersection, with the Co-op book store, the Rennebohm Drug Store and the Wisconsin State Capitol at the end... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Green County Court House. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Green County Court House. Cars are parked at an angle on the surrounding streets. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Monroe Public Library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Monroe, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the U.S. Post Office. Caption reads: "U.S. Post Office, Monroe, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Virginia Ross poses at a table in front of a large stove in the kitchen. Caption reads: "Kitchen at Ross's Tel Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A rustic community room at King's Lodge on Moose Lake. The room contains a piano and fireplace. Caption reads: "Kings Lodge, Moose Lake, Hayward, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Children on pony rides at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a fishing boat in Lake Superior with tourists on board. There is an island on the horizon. Caption reads: "'The Apostle Isla... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down Main Street, with Lake Superior in the distance. There is a cafe on the left and bars on the right. Cars are parked along t... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight. The marker text reads: "FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of new County Court House, a two-story white granite building with elm trees in front. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Four interior views of De Salvo's restaurant and cocktail lounge. 4701 South Packard Avenue. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a man holding a rifle, squatting on ground on the right, with his trophies: Carcasses of a deer, a bear and a wolf hanging from pi... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of town, showing all of Lake Metonga in the background. Caption reads: "Greetings from Crandon, Wisconsin." |
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