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Peabody House

Date: 1875
Description: Front view of the inn. Several men and women are either standing or sitting on the balcony, and several people are standing on the porch under the balcony....
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Chesebro's

Date: 1915
Description: A tea shop and a women's apparel shop, located at 236 Prospect Avenue. The building has a corner turret, a front porch, and vines growing up the sides. Ca...
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Children with Schoolbuses

Date: 1935
Description: Two International buses owned by Monongalia County Schools parked in a street. Children and adults stand on the sidewalks surrounding the buses. A commerci...
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American Legion Post 69

Date: 11 16 2001
Description: "On this evening we travel to American Legion, Bonau Whereatt, Post 69 in Mayville, WI. Carl "Bear" Bandle is the manager." Note the fish fry signboard.
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Rawhide Boys Ranch

Date: 10 16 2009
Description: "This is the Rawhide Boys Ranch, E7475 Rawhide Road, New London." Note the sign about the fish fry.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down an unpaved road with shops on either side. A horse and carriage is coming down the street, and another horse and carriage is parked in front of a...
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Scene on Route 19

Date: 1924
Description: Two girls and a toddler pose on the side of the street on a sidewalk. Three girls play farther down near a storefront with two cars parked along the street...
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Highway 61

Date: 1929
Description: View across road of a gas station and restaurant on Highway 61. There is a man in a pickup truck, and another man has his foot propped on the truck's step....
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Drummond Street Scene

Date: 1937
Description: View across road of a man and a dog standing on the front stoop of a one-story building that has a sign that reads “Art’s Lunches and Confectionery, Ask fo...
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Arbutus Inn and Original Snowmobile Hall of Fame

Date: 05 1972
Description: Spring scene on Wall Street. The building is the Arbutus Inn, hotel, bar and dining room. It was also the original Snowmobile Hall of Fame. Two boys are st...
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Dauphin Island

Date: 1920
Description: A car is parked in front of "The Olive Dining Room." Several men sit or stand on the porch steps. There is a Coca-Cola sign on a small building in the back...
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Ontario Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene with a gas station and restaurant on the left and parked cars on the right. Two men stand in front of the service station, and further down th...
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Gribble Brothers' Imperial Cafe

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Description: View from unpaved street of the Gribble Brothers Imperial Cafe, which is a two-story wood frame building with a small porch and balcony. Two men are standi...
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Store at Glenco Cottages

Date: 1926
Description: View across lawn of people in the Glenco Cottages store with an open dining area on the porch. A sign on the tree in front reads: "Please do not take or de...
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Nettland's Roll Inn on Highway 16 — "At the Dells"

Date: 1931
Description: View from side of road towards main building of Nettland's Roll Inn, with a service station, restaurant and registration office for their campsites. A grou...

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