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Post Mistresss at Post Office

Date: 1917
Description: Elizabeth Lathrop, Post Mistress, stands with a dog and other people in front of the Post Office. There is a shoreline on the left.
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Dog Drawn Traino

Date: 1930
Description: Howard Russell standing next to his dog team pulling the "Traino." Russell and the team are ready to leave Madeline Island with the U.S. Mail.
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Agricultural Extension Lecture

Date: 12 01 1915
Description: Lindsey Reese of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department delivering a lecture on livestock and agriculture to a crowd of people and a d...
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Mail Delivery at the Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A woman and her dog meet the mail carrier in his delivery boat at the end of a pier on the west shore of Fox Lake.
Photograph

Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Hydroplane

Date: 10 19 1911
Description: Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Curtiss hydroplane at Prairie du Chien during a flight that was intended to be the first all the way down the Mississippi River...
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Men Outside of Post Office

Date: 1873
Description: Men with guns and dogs and wagons in front of a rural post office. Some men have assumed exaggerated poses, probably for humorous effect.
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Man and Dog and Post Office

Date: 1897
Description: Post office with man and dog. This was the Louisville Post Office, west of Downsville in the town of Dunn.
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People on Porch of General Store

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Description: Store includes a Post Office, owned by Cyrus Yawkey. Men, child, and two dogs are on the porch.
Print

Railroad Mail Delivery

Date: 1876
Description: Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children...
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Customers in General Store

Date: 1939
Description: Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a...
Poster

The Flight of the Fast Mail Travel Poster

Date: 1875
Description: Colored print containing two images advertising the delivery of mail. The main image is of the large Michigan and Southern train labeled "The Fast Mail" de...
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Post Office

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Description: View of two large oxen pulling a wagon stopped in front of a post office. On the steps in front of the building two men stand looking towards the street. ...
Painting

Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
Painting

The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
Photograph

Mail Carrier In Winter Near Mount Tab

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Description: View of a mail carrier using skis and a walking stick to navigate the snow of Mount Tab. The man carries a backpack and a dog sits at his feet.
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Business District

Date: 1909
Description: View of row of shops taken from the intersection. A public telephone station, post office, and a barbershop are on the street. Employees and pedestrians po...
Photograph

Post Office on Highway 40

Date: 1927
Description: An elderly man, woman, and dog pose near two younger women wearing aprons outside the Island Lake Post Office and Burpee's Resort.
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Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: View down street of the central business district. A large brick building on the left with awnings includes a furniture store. Automobiles are parked at an...
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Couple with Dog

Date: 2012
Description: A young wandering couple, dressed warmly, sits on the sidewalk with their dog in front of a Kwik Trip store on Lang Drive. Their backpacks are resting besi...
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Warrens, Wisconsin Post Office

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Description: View across unpaved street towards two men and two women posing standing on the porch of a wooden storefront building. Three wagons and a horse are on the ...

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