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Businesses on North Main Street

Date: 1950
Description: View of some of the businesses on North Main Street, including the Strand Theater and Olk Drugs.
Postcard

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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Aztalan Museum

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the Aztalan Museum after restoration. The building, originally a church with a steeple, was built in 1852.
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Al. Ringling Theater

Date: 1950
Description: View across street of the Al. Ringling Theater with a Studebaker pickup truck in the foreground. There is a hardware store on the right.
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Main Avenue

Date: 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S....
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Wheeler House

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of the Wheeler house with a car parked in front. The sign in front of the house reads: "Proposed location for the new YMCA building." The house ...
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Wheeler House

Date: 1950
Description: Wheeler house with a porte cochere in the foreground.
Postcard

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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Little Prairie School

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Little Prairie school with a car parked alongside it. Playground equipment is in the yard.
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Hans Christian Heg Statue

Date: 1950
Description: The statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863), commander of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, as it stands in front o...
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View of Jefferson Street

Date: 1950
Description: View of Jefferson Street in downtown Wausau. In the foreground is the site of the old Marathon County Court House.
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City Hall

Date: 1950
Description: View across intersection of City Hall on a street corner.
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Hamacher Hotel and Tavern

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Hamacher Hotel and Tavern, 302-306 West Mifflin Street, at the intersection of North Henry Street. Its demolition between 1955 and 195...
Postcard

Elevated View of Harbor

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the harbor.
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Ripon College

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of Ripon College.
Postcard

Green County Court House

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

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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Road Paving Crew

Date: 1950
Description: Improved road paving equipment shown in an unidentified photograph.
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Black River Bridge

Date: 1950
Description: State Highway 93 Bridge over the Black River under construction.
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School Bus Stop, Rural Rock County, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Rural Rock County students boarding a bus for the Janesville consolidated schools.

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