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Hill Side House, Chas. H. Pape, Prop.

Date: 1919
Description: View of "Hillside House" with a group of men, women and children gathered on the lawn under a tree. Caption reads: "Hill Side House, Chas. W. Pape Prop., F...
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Buster Brown at the High School

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered for the arrival of Buster Brown at the high school. Buster is in the backseat of a roadster.
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Koelch Resort, Pike Lake

Date: 1909
Description: View along shoreline towards the Koelch Resort. There is a sailboat and rowboats in the lake near a pier. Horses are standing under the trees at the shorel...
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Fishing is Great at Fall River

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Description: Tall-tale postcard showing three men fishing off a pier, with two of the men holding fishing poles and two gigantic fish rising out of the water. A buildin...
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Street Scene

Date: 06 06 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Scene Richfield Wis." An unpaved street runs between buildings, over railroad tracks. The wheel marks in the foreground suggest t...
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Scene at Fries Lake

Date: 07 31 1957
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene at Fries Lake, Richfield, Wis." A man, a young girl and two dogs are in a rowboat. The lake is surrounded by trees. On the far ...
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Ripon City Hall and Airplane

Date: 1910
Description: Tall Tale postcard of the City Hall with an airplane added on the right. Text reads: "Ripon, Wis." The City Hall is a brick building with ornate exterior d...
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Tent Street Evangelical Camp Grounds

Date: 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "Tent St. Evangelical Camp Grounds, Lomira, Wis." A man is standing in a wooded area with rows of tents on the right and left. Two cam...
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Street Scene

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Schleisingerville, Wis." Buildings run along both sides of an unpaved street. One side has sidewalks, the other, a boar...
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New Auditorium

Date: 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "The New Auditorium, Seymour, Wis." The newly finished brick auditorium with construction debris still evident. A man and a women are ...
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A.G. Peterson's Blacksmith Shop

Date: 09 02 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "A.G. Peterson's Blacksmith Shop, Sheridan, Wis." Workers, horses, buggies and wagons are in front of a brick blacksmith's shop. The s...
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Milwaukee Veterans Home

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Milwaukee Ave. Wisconsin Vet. Home. Waupaca, Wis." Two women walk on a sidewalk along a snow-covered, unpaved street. On each side ar...
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Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "M.E. Church and Parsonage, Wild Rose, Wis." View across street towards four girls and a boy posing on the sidewalk in front of the pa...

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