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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View of the bedroom in which Abraham Lincoln stayed in 1859. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View of chairs and a table set around the fireplace. A mirror is above the fireplace, and a grandmother clock is against the far wall. The windows flanking... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View of parlor with chairs, fireplaces and other textiles. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the kitchen at "Little Norway." Log building with a turf roof. Caption reads: "The Kitchen - Little Norway - Mt. Horeb, Wis." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior of three-story building on corner. Trees are along the sidewalk on the right, and vines are growing on the facade of the building. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Color postcard view looking down at the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Postcard of an International 300 series tractor with a cartoon head on it, called "Tuffy the Talking Tractor." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Evergreen Road in Peninsula State Park during fall peak season. An automobile is driving up the road. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Aerial View, Downtown Section, Green Bay, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "This aerial view shows the downtown district of the east side of ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Color reproduction of a four-story brick hospital with cars parked at the curbs. A fire hydrant is on the corner. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the upstairs parlor, with two women wearing period dress sitting in chairs and reading. Text on reverse reads: "UPSTAIRS SITTING ROOM,... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Three women in period clothes are having tea in the dining room. Text on reverse reads: "Dining Room, Butternut House, Old Wade House State Park, Greenb... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the public school, a brick one-story building. Caption reads: "Public School, Hillsboro, Wis." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across tall grass towards two guest cottages at Richard's Mountain View. Caption reads: "Richards Mountain View Cottages on Lake Holcombe." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the depot building in Iola. A caboose is on the railroad tracks on the right side. Text on reverse reads: "The Depot, Iola, Wisconsin.... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Lincoln Bedroom at the Tallman House, with a marble fireplace, tall shuttered windows, and a bed at lower left. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Wisconsin at Chimney Rock, Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat full of visitors on the Wisconsin River at the formation named Chim... |
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