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| Date: | 11 01 1896 |
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| Description: | Canal Street less than a year before a fire swept through and destroyed many of these buildings on March 22, 1897, resulting in a loss of about $45,000. Pr... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across Canal Street with the businesses that were built after the fire. Ford stepside truck is parked along the curb on the left. Businesses with thre... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of street corner, with two buildings that have been destroyed by a fire, a brick fence, and some trees. There is a wooden cart in th... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Canal and Congress streets, with Sprague's Building on the right. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Store at 1897 Canal Street, with an old car on the lower right. The car is parked in front of a "no parking" sign. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of stores on Canal Street, with people in the streeet, and along the sidewalks in front of commercial buildings. There is a Hardware... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Bloomington, Wis." The church was built in 1872. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street with pedestrians on the sidewalk on the right. A sign painted on the side of the building reads: "F.L. Greer Dry Goods". |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The "Rock School" building, with children and teachers posed outside. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | High school. Caption reads: "High School, Bloomington Wis." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | School known as the "old stone school," the first public school building in Bloomington. The clock tower replaced the former bell tower. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Stone School house, also called the Rock School. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View of Bloomington by the pioneer photographer of the village, Frank Witcomb, sometime after 1873. There are buildings identified in the foreground on bot... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing with an International A tractor owned by the City of Bloomington. The tractor has a grader and front loader attached. The men are prep... |
| Date: | 05 26 1921 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Trees can be seen to the right and left. Text at the foot reads "M.E. Church, Bloomington, Wis., N... |
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| Description: | Shops along Main Street. On the left, there is a Woodhouse and Bartley bank, a hardware store, Greer shoe store, J.B. Ludden general merchandise, a bank, a... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The facade of Ludden's Big White Store. The building features two bay windows, two stories, and two large display windows. The window displays umbrellas, d... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the church from across the intersection. The church building features a french door with a fanlight, arched windows, and a steeple. |
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