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| Description: | 6 point beer garden, 3532 W. Burleigh Street. A gas station, with a sign posted for standard oil products, can be seen to the right. Caption on print reads... |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 30-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 5-ton type "A" trolley at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either the Palace of Electricity ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A Pawling & Harnischfeger 50-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 10-ton type "A" trolley with standard a block at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either t... |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms poses next to an automobile in front of Carl Elvord's Barbeque restaurant on the corner of Mound and Murray Streets in "the Bush". |
| Date: | 08 02 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Silver Street in Hurley at 4:30 a.m., Sunday morning, showing busy street and all establishment's lights blazing. After the sweeping raid ... |
| Date: | 1992 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey (right) hits the pavement in Marathon with aide Tom Springer. Hack's Diner, run by Alfred Hack, was a popular local hangout. |
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| Description: | View across street towards a five story building. On the street level are the Lake Street Station Chicago Post Office, on the left, next to Harry's Sandwic... |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Friendship Hotel, including a tavern and cafe. Automobiles are parked in front. There are Coca-Cola signs under the front wi... |
| 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 of a storefront at night. The electric sign above the glass door and window reads: "Official Wisconsin Vacation Center: Solve Your Shopping Worries, S... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View across street towards Josie's Restaurant, at 906 Regent Street. The eatery was owned by the Schuepbach-Jensen family between 1964 and 2007, before bei... |
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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... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | View down center of State Street, with automobile traffic moving up and down the street, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. On the corner of W. Johnson S... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | View down center of State Street at the intersection of W. Gilman Street. On the left men are working near construction barriers in the street in front of ... |
| Date: | 06 16 1940 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people view the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the four story brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire companies attem... |
| Date: | 08 21 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tichigan Lake, Wis." A couple stands next to parked cars in front of the grocery store at Wichmans Resort. On the right is a crowd of... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Main St., Wild Rose, Wis." Two women are sitting on a bench on the sidewalk under the awning of a restaurant, a trailer is parked at ... |
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