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| Date: | 03 09 1918 |
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| Description: | View of a city sidewalk after a snow storm, with tall piles of snow along the curb. Men are walking along the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Green Bay's Worst S... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of Washington Street at an intersection. Commercial buildings are on both sides of the street, with automobiles parked along the cu... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down street towards a shopping district, which is lined with shops: Walgreen's, Prange's, and Kinney Shoes. Automobiles are parked ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a shopping district lined with shops, and a theater on the left. A Prange's Department Store, and a Leath's furniture store is o... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down a street in a main shopping district. Traffic signals are on the corners, and a large flag is hanging from the Beaumont Hotel ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View of a central business district, with an I.G.A. Grocery Store, a filling station, a Dodge car dealer, and a tavern. Automobiles are parked at the curb.... |
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| Description: | View down center of Main Street (part of Hwy 16). Automobiles are parked at an angle along the curbs on both sides. Businesses include two grocers, a drug ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street with businesses on both sides, including drug stores, grocery stores, appliance stores and an insurance/real estate office. Automobil... |
| Date: | 08 29 1941 |
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| Description: | View of a flooded road with a truck and cars making their way through. Men are standing knee-deep in the water. A Standard Oil Station is on the left. Ther... |
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| Description: | Color postcard view from intersection towards a roadside tavern. Text on reverse reads: "TIBBIES Where Chicken is King at Indian Ford, Wis. Three miles... |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Parker Pen Factory, with a large, electric sign on the roof. Caption reads: "Parker Pen Company, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized aerial view of central Janesville, with the Parker Pen building and Court House in the foreground. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View of Janesville, ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the New Kenosha Theatre. The marquee is advertising "Swim, Girl, Swim" with Bebe Daniels. An advertisement is painted on the left side of t... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View of a central business district street lined with lampposts and electric signs. Automobiles are parked at the curbs. Caption reads: "Main Street Lookin... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a central business district. The Majestic theater is on the left, and a furniture store is on the right. A street car, pedestrians and aut... |
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| Description: | View of the entrance driveway to the Maple Grove Motel. An electric sign for the Motel is on the left. Text on reverse reads: "Maple Grove Motel, 34 Mod... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of South Avenue Cafeteria. Automobiles are parked in the street along the curbs. |
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| Description: | View toward the two-story motel with a stone facade. Automobiles are parked in front near the entrance, and along the left side of the building. Caption re... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view from street towards the entrance of Hotel Geneva. There is a circular drive, and flowers and bushes planted at the front entrance. A larg... |
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| Description: | View of the central business district with the street ending at the lakefront. Automobiles are moving up and down the street, one pulling a boat on a trail... |
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