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Railway Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: People and carriages in front of the depot-hotel Railway Hotel on West Washington Avenue. This was the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Ticket Offi...
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E.M. Maurer Bookstore

Date: 1885
Description: A man is posing in front of the corner entrance to the E.M. Maurer Bookstore. Above the corner entrance is a turret, and a small child is looking out of on...
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Group of People in Parade

Date: 
Description: View down side of street towards a parade of men and women in patriotically decorated wagons coming up a road outside of town. People are watching from the...
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Boating in the Everglades

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Description: View of a group boating in the Everglades at the head of the Tomaka River. A wooden walkway is built along the treeline and Spanish moss hangs from branche...
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Casino Walk

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Description: People walk along the Casino Walk promenade between a row of buildings and a beach. Beside the beach is a covered sitting area set with folding chairs.
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Playland Beach and Boardwalk

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of the beach and boardwalk at Playland, crowded with people walking on the boardwalk, sunbathing on the beach and wading in the water. The be...
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Sunbathing at the Colonial Hotel

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Description: Men and women sit beneath umbrellas on the beach in front of the Colonial Hotel. In the background people are walking on an elevated boardwalk.
Postcard

James G. Dunn Grocery

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right.

Handwritten on the...

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Mary Livingston Griggs on Snowy Boardwalk

Date: 1926
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs is standing on the birch-lined boardwalk leading to the Forest Lodge boathouse. Mary is wearing a wool dress, coat and leather boots...
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Two Marys on Birch-lined Path

Date: 1926
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs and her daughter Mary are standing on a snowy birch-lined boardwalk on the shore of Lake Namakagon at Forest Lodge. Mother Mary is w...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 11 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Schleisingerville, Wis." An unpaved street lined with businesses and homes. The sidewalks are both cement and wooden boa...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 02 05 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." An unpaved street lined with businesses. The signs read: "Shawano County Journal", "Repair Shop," "Restau...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 07 02 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." Slightly elevated view of a parade featuring an ornate circus wagon which is pulled by eight horses. The ...
Postcard

Erickson and Evenson Company Store

Date: 10 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Erickson and Evenson Co. Store. Stetsonville, Wis." Four men and a boy on a tricycle pose on the boardwalk in front of a General Stor...
Postcard

Street Scene in Tipler

Date: 1924
Description: Text on front reads: "Tipler, Wis." Many clapboard homes line an unpaved street with boardwalks in a residential neighborhood. Children are sitting on a ro...
Postcard

Hotel Maple

Date: 08 13 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Maple, Weyerhauser [sic], Wis." A three story, clapboard building containing a hotel, restaurant and Post Office. Two girls are...

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