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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street Looking South, Lone Rock, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks, dwellings and buildings on both sides. Horse drawn vehicle...
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Business District

Date: 1909
Description: View down the main dirt road of the business district.
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Business Block in Merrimac

Date: 1911
Description: View down an unpaved Merrimac street with a brick building and horse-drawn carriages. The caption at bottom left reads: "A Fine Business Block."
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La Farge Street Scene

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Description: View down a main street with storefronts, showing large power lines stretching into the distance, and a hill in the background. There are cars parked in fr...
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Bird's-Eye View Middleton, Wisconsin

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Description: View of town taken from the top of a hill.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, which is a dirt street passing through the central business district of the town. There are several storefronts with signs and porch...
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Middleton Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: View down street, with cars and trucks parked on either side. There is a large building with businesses on the right. One has a sign offering meals and "ro...
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View Down Street in Middleton

Date: 1924
Description: A view down street, which is lined with parked cars. There is a grocery store on the corner on the right, and beyond is a sign for a "Hotel Office".
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down street. Shops and cars are on both sides of the street. A storefront on the left advertises a "BANKRUPT-SALE." The road is cobblestone.
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Street View with Snow-Covered Hills

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of a wide main street through town. Pedestrians are on sidewalks on both sides of the dirt street. A church steeple is visible in the backgro...
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Business Section

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view of the central business district. The Avoca Cooperative Company is on the street corner on the left. Three men congregate near a car parked a...
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Train Depot

Date: 1921
Description: View down platform of people waiting outside the train depot. A train is approaching the terminal on one set of tracks, and a number of train cars are on a...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down a tree-lined dirt road. Houses and shops line both sides of the road, and men and children are sitting and playing on the sidewalks. In the far d...
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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1921
Description: View down Main Street. Osward's restaurant is on the far left. The post office and a plumbing shop are on the right.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down street with storefronts on both sides. On the left, there is a tailor shop, Pundy's Cafe, Dubow's[?] Variety Store, a clothing store, and Vander ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down dirt road. There is a millinery, dentist's office, drug store, Elsen House ice cream, and meat market. There are horse-drawn carriages on either ...
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Looking West on Main Street

Date: 1922
Description: View down Main Street looking west. On these blocks there is a restaurant, rug store, post office, and Farmers State Bank. Automobiles are parked on both s...
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Business Section

Date: 1929
Description: View across street of the business section. On the right a woman wearing an apron is standing with two children posing outside a hotel. The hotel offers ic...
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street. Rows of shops are on either side. Carriages and carts are parked along the curb. Streetlights hang from the utility lines. A railroa...
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Commercial Street Scene

Date: 1930
Description: View looking down a commercial street. Shops and cars in angled parking spaces line both sides of the paved street. A horse-drawn wagon is in the far dista...

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