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Third Street in Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1950
Description: View of cars parked alongside businesses on Third Street. Bassett's Drugstore is on the left side of the street.
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Black Hawk War Monument

Date: 1950
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...
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High School

Date: 1950
Description: View of the high school with several walkways leading up to it. Caption reads: "'High School,' Ft. Atkinson, Wis."
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Old Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1950
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...
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Elevated View of Harbor

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the harbor.
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Green County Court House

Date: 1950
Description: View across intersection towards the Green County Court House.
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Green County Court House

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Green County Court House. Cars are parked at an angle on the surrounding streets.
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Monroe Public Library

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the Monroe Public Library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Monroe, Wis."
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U.S. Post Office

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Post Office. Caption reads: "U.S. Post Office, Monroe, Wis."
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Virginia Ross in Kitchen

Date: 1950
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."
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First Forest Patrol Flight

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight.

The marker text reads:

"FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI...

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A Complete Deer Season, Cornucopia, Wis.

Date: 1950
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...
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Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia, Wis.

Date: 1950
Description: Photographic postcard of a white painted, wood frame Immanuel Lutheran Church. Sign out front. Sent Sept. 15, 1965, to thank visitors from Eau Claire for c...
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Post Office

Date: 1950
Description: Black and white postcard view from the street of the U.S. Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Delafield, Wis."
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Iowa County Court House

Date: 1950
Description: View from street towards the Iowa County Court House. Built in 1857, it is the oldest operating court house in Wisconsin. Caption reads: [Iowa County] Cour...
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L.D. Fargo Public Library

Date: 1950
Description: The Lorenzo Dow Fargo Public Library building is partially obscured by trees in this photographic postcard. The stone, Gothic revival building has a centra...
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Jefferson Park

Date: 1950
Description: View of a park on the banks of the Fox River, with picnic tables and stone grills near trees. Caption reads: "Jefferson Park, Menasha, Wis."
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Rock Springs Memorial Community Center

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Rock Springs Memorial Community Center." The front view of the Community Center built of brick and stone. Text on reverse reads: "Roc...
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Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin River Bridge, Spring Green, Wis." A truss bridge with eight spans over the Wisconsin River on State Highway 14. The bridge ...
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green." On the reverse it reads: "Be It Ever So Humble..." A Native American man dressed in indigenous clothing...

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