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Genoa State Bank

Date: 1905
Description: Genoa State Bank with a small group of people gathered on its porch. Caption reads: "Genoa State Bank, Genoa, Wis."
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Bridge and Boats

Date: 1907
Description: View towards a bridge, with children in a boat in the left foreground, and two other people in a boat in the center. Caption reads: "The Old Bridge, Stough...
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City Park

Date: 1915
Description: View of the city park, with a fountain and benches, and a child standing in the foreground on the right. Caption reads: "City Park, Reedsburg, Wis."
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1910
Description: View along top of hill in the park toward a woman and child sitting on a bench near the monument. At the bottom of the hill on the left are railroad tracks...
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Tourist Camp, Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Colorized postcard of a tourist camp at Devil's Lake State Park. Features a scene of men, women and children among picnic tables, automobiles. Tents are pi...
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Door-Kewaunee Normal and Dormitory

Date: 10 07 1930
Description: Colorized postcard view of the exterior and lawns of the Door-Kewaunee Normal School and its dormitory. Street view of the school with a few small trees l...
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Menominee Indian Reservation Mills

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Description: Mill on the Menominee Indian Reservation between Antigo and Shawano. Two young boys are standing in the foreground on the shoreline looking at logs ready f...
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Lakeside Scenes

Date: 09 19 1932
Description: Four views near Lake Superior, including two scenes of boats and docks near the ore docks, a bathing scene showing a group of people swimming in the lake a...
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Scene on Black River

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Description: Colorized postcard view of two bridges over the Black River. A boy is standing on the riverbank in the foreground. Caption reads: "Scene on Black River."
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Hilgen Spring Park

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Description: Hand-colored view along shoreline of people posing in a rowboat near a boathouse. Other people are leaning against a railing and standing near a boathouse....
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Big Rock Monterey

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Description: Front of postcard envelope, with a scene of children on top of Big Rock Monterey on the Rock River. Inside the envelope is an accordion-folded set of vario...
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Kreinersville, Wis., Twenty-five Miles north, Grantsburg, Wis.

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Description: Several people are gathered on the front stoop of a building, probably a general store. Horses and wagons are in the road. Log buildings are in the backgro...
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Bathing Beach

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Rice Lake, Wis." Many adults and children are swimming and diving at the beach. There is a pier on the left and an ela...
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A Birch Bark Indian Home

Date: 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "A Birch Bark Indian Home, Greetings from Rice Lake, Wis." A Native American family of five is seated in front of their birch bark wig...
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Bock & Mohr Fur Farms

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bock & Mohr Fur Farms, Inc. Rochester, Wisconsin. World's Largest and Most Beautiful Mink and Fitch Ranch. The Choicest of Furs and B...
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East Side Square

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Caption reads: "East Side Square, Monroe, Wis." Elevated view of people walking on the sidewalks and in the street, and a horse and buggy driving by on the...
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City Park

Date: 07 22 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "City Park, Reedsburg, Wis." A child is standing at a fountain in a park with sidewalks, trees and a bandstand.
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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 ...
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Greetings from the City of the Four C's

Date: 08 25 1924
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from the City of the Four C's, Chairs, Cheese, Children, Churches, Sheboygan, Wis." The postcard features a drawing of 4 la...
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Second Ward School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Second Ward School, South Milwaukee, Wis." A brick and stone two story schoolhouse with the students posing on the sidewalk in front.

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