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| Description: | Hand-colored elevated view from across the street toward a three-story hotel with verandas on the second and third floors. People are sitting on the lawn o... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Large group of people gathered in a centrally located park, with a row of shops across the street. There is a gazebo under the trees on the right. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View along beach with many small stones towards three people near a beached sailboat. There is a boathouse in the background further down the shoreline. Ca... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | View across outlet towards the park by Rock Lake. People are picnicking, children are on a swing set, and women are walking along a path. There is a rustic... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across tracks towards a small railroad depot, with people gathered on the platform. A locomotive belching smoke is approaching the depot. |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the road through a small settlement. A dwelling and a service station are on the right. A general store on the left is on the... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | View across water towards the bath house and bathing beach at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | A streetcar pulled by two mules on a stretch of track. The driver and two children are on board. Text on reverse reads: "Madison Transportation. In 1885 Mr... |
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| Description: | View of the O. Torrison building on the north bank of the Manitowoc River. Caption reads: "O. Torrison Co., Manitowoc, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a park with a gazebo. Women and children are sitting on the benches. Caption reads: "North Side Park, Manitowoc, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a bandstand at a park. A band is playing, and people are gathered on the grounds of the park. Caption reads: "Band Stand, Lakeside Park, Marinette,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bethesda Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wis." A group of people in the pavilion at Bethesda Mineral Spring. An American flag is flying at ... |
| Date: | 08 28 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Depot and Train, Spring Gren [sic], Wis." A train station with the depot on the left and a locomotive on the right. Adults and childr... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 16 1940 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people view the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the four story brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire companies attem... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Pattison Park, Superior, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Pattison State Park. 12 Miles from Superior, Wisc. on Hiway 35. Interfalls Lake is ... |
| Date: | 09 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings, Unity, Wis." A collage of 4 postcards with views of parades and celebrations in the downtown area. |
| Date: | 09 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "The Original Dells Duck Tour. After descending the rock walled, fern covered trails, your Duck enters the beautiful Lower Dells of ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Tourists on the "Commander", a Wisconsin Dells tour boat on the Wisconsin River. The shores are lined with rock formations and trees. |
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