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Goldberg's — The Best and Largest Department Store

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of Goldberg's Department Store. Merchandise is displayed in the storefront windows and an American flag is on the roof of the building. Caption re...
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of Main Street. Several men and boys are outside of a store with H.A. Olsen printed on the awning. One boy is holding a ball. Th...
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard of an exterior view from the street of the Masonic Temple on a corner. The Peter Pfeffer haberdasher shop is on the ground floor at t...
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Ludington Street

Date: 1955
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of Ludington Street, with automobiles and pedestrians, and the Schultz Brothers store on the right. Caption read...
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James G. Dunn Grocery

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right.

Handwritten on the...

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Two Men in Horse-Drawn Buggy

Date: 1912
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of two men in a horse-drawn buggy parked in the middle of a unpaved street. Storefronts and pedestrians are behind th...
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Post Office Block

Date: 1911
Description: Hand-colored corner view from intersection towards the post office. A postcard display is inside the window. Caption reads: "Post Office Block, Fairchild, ...
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The Doerflinger Store

Date: 1909
Description: Corner view from intersection of the Doerflinger Department Store in downtown La Crosse. Caption reads: "The Doerflinger Store — La Crosse, Wis."
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Kelnhofer's General Store

Date: 09 09 1910
Description: The text on front reads: "Int. of Geo. J. Kelnhofer's General Store. Rib Lake, Wis." A man is standing in the central aisle, and a girl, holding a cat, is ...
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The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
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The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on the reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete withou...
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Weigle Photograpy Studio

Date: 08 27 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a view across a street with a building with signs that read: "Weigle Photographer" and "Ground Floor Gallery". The building is Tud...
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Store Interior

Date: 1908
Description: Handwriting on back reads: "Interior of Kahnt's Shoe Store, Seymour, Wis. - at about the turn of the century." The store is filled with merchandise. A sign...
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Rock Ledge

Date: 1951
Description: Text on reverse reads: "'Rock Ledge' Wisconsin's most picturesque gift shop located on the historical site at the Falls of the Sheboygan River, Sheboygan F...
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Erickson and Evenson Company Store

Date: 10 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Erickson and Evenson Co. Store. Stetsonville, Wis." Four men and a boy on a tricycle pose on the boardwalk in front of a General Stor...
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Main Street

Date: 09 02 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Main St. Sun Prairie Wis." View of storefronts line the left side of the street, with horse-drawn wagons at the curb. A man in an apr...
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Fire Fighting Equipment Company

Date: 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Fire Fighting Equip. Co. - 1312 Vine St. - Union Grove, Wis." On reverse: "R.K. Brown's Fire Fighting Equip. Co. Now offers you these...
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Lefeber Brothers Company Store

Date: 08 24 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Lefebre [sic] Bros. Co.'s Store. Wauwatosa, Wis." A two story, brick building with a parapet and large display windows with transoms ...
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McLellan's Store Exterior

Date: 07 1941
Description: Text on reverse reads: "July 1941. This is an exterior view of our new and enlarged store at West Allis, Wis. Note the double set of doors and corner entra...
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The Main Store

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Compliments of 'The Main Store,' West Allis Wis. Department Store for Men, Boys and Children." A two story building with large displa...

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