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Driving Hogs Through Town

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Description: Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t...
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Mose Bone Sample Room

Date: 1900
Description: Men at the Mose Bone Sample Room. Two men are sitting on chairs on the porch in front. A male dwarf is walking on the board sidewalk in front of the saloon...
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Grocery Store on Main Street

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Description: O.C. O'Hearn Grocery Store, Main Street, with the front window filled with apples, and a man standing in the doorway. Another man is standing on the sidewa...
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Man and Woman on Sidewalk

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Description: View from sidewalk of a horse-drawn buggy parked along the side of Main Street, looking southeast at First Street. An immigrant couple, possibly Norwegian,...
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Drug Store Interior

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Description: Interior of a drugstore. Two men and one woman behind the counter. Persons identified, from left to right, Mrs. Roddy, Ben Warner, and an unidentified man.
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view over sidewalk towards eight horses drawing a circus wagon in parade. The parade is coming from the circus ground at the white pine g...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view of men driving a circus calliope for a parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam throu...
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Ho-Chunk Family Sitting near Board Sidewalk

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, woman, and child are sitting on steps in front of a storefront on a board sidewalk. Along the sidewalk in front of windows are two painting...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Men in Front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street

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Description: View from street of two Ho-Chunk women and a Ho-Chunk man standing in the doorway of the Werner Drugstore on the north side of Main Street between First an...
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J.W. Cole & Company Drugstore

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Description: View from street of men standing inside and outside of the J.W. Cole & Company Drugstore on the northeastern corner of Water and Main Streets.
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C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store

Date: 1906
Description: C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store located at 9 Main Street. Sign reflected in the window advertises the Wisconsin State Fair, September 10-14, 1906.
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Nick Nelson Furniture Store

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Description: View from street of the Nick Nelson Furniture Store, with a man posed sitting on the steps. A rocking chair sits in the middle of the stoop in the open doo...
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General Store; Interior

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Description: Interior portrait of a young European American man posing standing in a general store. He is wearing a dark-colored suit coat and hat, and is standing at t...
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Soda Fountain

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Description: Interior portrait of a European American man posing standing behind a counter. In front of the counter are stools, and on the counter is a soda fountain.
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City Bakery

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Description: Indoor portrait of a European American man posing standing behind glass display cases in a shop with electric light bulbs in fixtures handing from the ceil...
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City Bakery; Interior

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Description: Interior view of a bakery, with a man posing standing behind a counter wrapping two loaves of bread. The bread is displayed in glass cases. Identified as t...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Men and Women on Main Street

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Description: View from street of a group of twenty-eight men and seven women posing standing in front of a doorway between two store windows. Location identified as Mai...
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George Adams Store; South Roosevelt Road

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Description: View across street towards the George Adams Store, located on the east side of South Roosevelt Road. A decorated Christmas tree is in the front window, and...

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