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Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: View down Main Street, with a hotel on the left side and horse-drawn wagons on the unpaved street. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Main S...
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Wisconsin Street

Date: 1915
Description: Wisconsin Street looking east from the River Bridge. Caption reads: "Wisconsin St. East from River, Milwaukee, Wis."
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"Nor shall their story be forgot, While Fame her record keeps"

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Description: Postcard commemorating those who fought during the Civil War. "Nor shall their story be forgot, While Fame her record keeps."
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Arcadia Wis. Out to Win

Date: 07 29 1909
Description: View of Main Street. Shops and businesses line both sides of the street including a hotel, city livery and laundromat. There are pedestrians and horse-draw...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View looking down Main Street. Shops and businesses line both sides of the street including the P.J. Wossenburger Hotel, city livery, bakery and harness sh...
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Lauerman's Store

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view across intersection toward the Lauerman's Store on a street corner. There are pennant strings hanging on upper floors of the building, and a ...
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Columbus Caravels in Manitowoc

Date: 09 06 1913
Description: Postcard view across water towards reproductions of Christopher Columbus' ships, the Niña, Pinta, and the Santa Maria docked at Manito...
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Ringling Brothers Circus Parade

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of the Circus Parade on a rainy day. Crowds of people line the street, and many are holding umbrellas.
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Votes for Women

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard with a drawing of a well-dressed woman holding a pennant that reads "Votes for Women." Although no date is given, based on the postage price of 1 ...
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Lunch Stand at Durand

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of a lunch stand advertising buttered popcorn, ice cream cones and cigars. Groups of men, women and children are...
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Taxidermist Cart

Date: 1907
Description: A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 29 1918
Description: A group of women wearing white nurses' uniforms are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying American flags, others are carrying signs and banne...
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Firefighters

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of firefighters walking down a tent-lined street in downtown Lake Mills. A banner reads: "Wellcome Firefighters."
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Tabernacle, Evangelical Camp Grounds

Date: 08 13 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Tabernacle, Evangelical Camp Grounds, Lomira, Wis." Adults and children pose in front of the Tabernacle at the Evangelical Camp Groun...
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Spring Green Fair

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Spring Green Fair." A parade through a town on an unpaved road. A horse-drawn buggy is decorated with "Erin Go Bragh" flags and folia...
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Marinette Booster Train

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Marinette Booster Train - 12 Coaches, Settlers Picnic, Wausaukee, Wis." Five passenger railroad coaches on the tracks, one has a bann...

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