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Buy Bonds!

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Description: Display that advertises the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan or the Bond-a-Month-Plan. Wisconsin State Governor Walter J. Kohler...
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First National Bank of Edgerton Officers

Date: 04 17 1931
Description: First National Bank of Edgerton officers, who witnessed robbery, posing and standing outdoors in front of the bank.
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First National Bank

Date: 04 17 1931
Description: A male cashier, with bandaged head, was injured in the robbery. He is standing outside of the bank that was robbed.
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View of Sparta, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon.
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Broadhead and Hudson Streets

Date: 1909
Description: Mazomanie Post Office and the State Bank on the corner of Broadhead and Hudson. On the left a young girl stands in the dirt road. Further down the block a ...
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Intersection of Main and First Streets

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Description: Man on a ladder painting around a window of the Jackson County Bank. Arch over the intersection partially visible on the right side, as are several people ...
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Main Street, between Water and First Streets

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Description: Wagon piled high with chairs, with a man standing and driving a team of two horses. A man on the sidewalk is looking back at camera. There are other wagons...
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Hogs on Main Street

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Description: Boy and man herd hogs through town on Main Street, probably on the way to the stockyards near the railroad station on the east side of the Black River. Sto...
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Baby in Buggy

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Description: Baby in buggy on the west side of South First Street. Image shows the intersection of First and Main Streets. Storefronts identified, from left to right, ...
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Memorial Day Parade

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Description: Patriotic parade, probably Memorial Day, through town on the board sidewalk, in front of the First National Bank looking back toward the Jackson County Cou...
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Security State Bank

Date: 07 07 1948
Description: Maxine Hanson, 133 Talmadge Street, making a deposit from her car at Security State Bank's new drive-in deposit window at 1965 Atwood Avenue. The teller is...
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Crowd at Balloon Barrage on Capitol Square

Date: 09 12 1948
Description: Crowd in front of the Union Trust Co. building, 1 West Main Street, during the balloon barrage in which balloons are being released with $2 merchandise cou...
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5th Avenue and Superior Street

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Description: Exterior view across intersection toward Ed. E. Williams' Drug Store, Langlade National Bank, and The Gismonda Soda Fountain at 5th Avenue and Superior Str...
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First Street

Date: 1900
Description: View across street toward commercial buildings. Signs read: "Post Office" "First National Bank" and "J.E. Toole's."
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View of Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: A view of a broad street lined with businesses in brick buildings. Horse-drawn carts are parked along the street and pedestrians are visible as well. Signs...
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View down Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lights hang over the street. Signs read: "Ada National Bank" "Dr. Thompson ...
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First Street

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Description: First street lined with trees, storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians.
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First Street

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Description: First street lined with trees, storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Text on building reads: "Benton Co. Hdw. Co." Sign in window reads: "Dr. Cur...
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Fifth Avenue Street Scene

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Description: Fifth Avenue with horse-drawn carts, automobiles and pedestrians crowding the broad street. Grill of vehicle in center reads: "Buick." Sign on left side of...
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Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. On the right an African American girl and a Ca...

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