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Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Al. Ringling Theatre.
Photograph

Al. Ringling Theater

Date: 1950
Description: View across street of the Al. Ringling Theater with a Studebaker pickup truck in the foreground. There is a hardware store on the right.
Photograph

Water Street

Date: 1880
Description: View of unpaved Water Street, featuring a group of patrons standing in the entrance of A. Becker's Saloon.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down unpaved Main Street, with a machine and repair shop on the right and multiple horse-drawn vehicles traveling along the road.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1940
Description: Main Street, showing a grocery store, restaurant, and the Up and Down Tavern.
Photograph

Business Block

Date: 1911
Description: View from street of a business block in Ableman. There is a storefront with umbrellas displayed in the show window, and what appears to be a hammock is han...
Postcard

Oak Street

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard view from street in the central business district. The street is lined with businesses, and a few have awnings over their storefronts...
Postcard

Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the theater. There are posters in front of the entrance. A current attraction is George Fawcett in "The Frame...
Postcard

Elevated View of Baraboo River

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the Baraboo River. The main part of town is on the far left shoreline. On the right industrial buildings are near a bridge spanning the ri...
Postcard

High Bridge

Date: 
Description: Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of central Baraboo from across the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "High Bridge, Baraboo, Wis."
Postcard

Business District, Lime Ridge

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved road going through a settlement. A meat market with a public telephone is on the left, with a group of people gathered on the sidewalk in...
Postcard

Stock Day

Date: 1910
Description: Text at left reads: "Stock Day, Sauk City." Horse-drawn sleds are hitched on both sides of a snow covered street lined with businesses. Townspeople are on ...
Postcard

East Side Water Street

Date: 10 10 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "East Side Water St., Prairie Du Sac, Wis." An unpaved street with sidewalks and businesses on both sides. Some pedestrians are on the...
Postcard

Hotel Stolte

Date: 05 21 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Stolte, Reedsburg, Wis." A brick hotel, in the Queen Anne style, built in 1896. 4 additions have been added over the years. The...
Postcard

4th of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1915
Description: Handwriting on reverse reads: "Uncle John Doll leading 4th of July Parade in 1915." A man on a horse leads a parade of automobiles, trucks and tractors dow...
Postcard

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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