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| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a five-story corner building with entrances at the front and the side. An electric YMCA sign is near a tree in front. Caption re... |
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| Description: | View across street towards Kayser Motors located at 702-716 East Washington Avenue (at Blount Street). Automobiles are parked at the curbs and inside the s... |
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| Description: | View across parking lot towards the bowling alley located at 2202 South Park Street. There is a large electric sign above the entrance. Text on reverse rea... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | View across road towards a restaurant/bar located 1 1/2 miles south of the city limit on Hwys 12 & 18. A man is standing on the front steps. There is an el... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Two views of a restaurant, outdoor view, and indoor view of the bar area. Located at 613-617 W. Main Street. |
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| Description: | Postcard with two views of the cafeteria. At the top is an exterior view of the cafeteria located at 117 Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevar... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the restaurant, with electric signs in the parking lot and above the entrance. Text on reverse reads: "For delightful dining... come to Ho... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a restaurant once located at 3520 E. Washington Avenue. There is an electric sign with two unicorns in front. Columns frame the roofed ent... |
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| Description: | View across street towards a five-story hotel with a swimming pool. Located at the corner of West Washington Avenue and Broom Street. Text on back reads, i... |
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| Description: | Twilight view of a motel located at the junction of U.S. 12 & 18 at I-90. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the large electric sign in front of the inn, and an inset view of the cocktail lounge with a jungle atmosphere. Located at 3841 E. Washing... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A view across Pinckney Street at the corner of Main Street. The two blocks along the Square include storefronts for Stevens, Mangel's, and Richman's. The F... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of State Street from Fairchild Street to Bascom Hill. The Orpheum and the Civic Center are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the Capitol Theatre on the left side of the street, with a marquee that reads: "Within the Law" starring Norma Talmadge. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of 8th Street, looking north in a central business district. Cars are parked along the curb, and other cars are moving down the stre... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Hotel Charles, at the corner of Second and Main Street. A drug store is on the corner, with a bakery next door. Automobiles are parked... |
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| Description: | View of a city street lined with automobiles. A hotel is on the left. Caption reads: "State Street, Medford, Wis." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hotel Fenlon, Rhinelander, Wis." Hotel built of brick, with a marquee that reads: "Hotel Fenlon, Cocktail Lounge". There is also a ve... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wisconsin." View of South Main Street with many businesses and automobiles parked at the curb. Heinz Drug on ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North Eighth Street, Sheboygan, Wis." There is also a Verifine Food Products logo with the text: "Equal to Any-Better than Many" in t... |
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