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Wall Street in a Country Town

Date: 1895
Description: Street level view of a dirt road through a country town with pedestrians looking on, a horse-drawn carriage approaching and the facades of a few brick and ...
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Buildings on Fourth Avenue

Date: 1937
Description: A view of brick-paved Fourth Avenue, with the Al. Ringling Theatre on the left. The theater, which has an ornate terra cotta facade, advertises its air-con...
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Local-Option Election

Date: 02 1908
Description: A view of the crowds at an election. The crowd, mostly women, stand in front of the post office. A sign says "God Made the Water." Printed below the image:...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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Hotel Oglethorpe

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Description: Exterior view of Hotel Oglethorpe taken from across a dirt road. The facade has a two-story porch and each corner has a round turret. Two pedestrians walk ...
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Martin Lein/Lien's Funeral

Date: 05 1911
Description: Panoramic view from street of Martin Lein/Lien's funeral procession, showing Main and Water Streets before the flood of 1911. The procession includes sever...
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Oxford Hotel

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Description: Exterior view from intersection toward the Oxford Hotel, built in 1858. Stairs on the right side lead to a porch, and a sign on the balcony reads, "Ye Old ...
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Orpheum Theatre

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Description: Exterior of the Orpheum Theatre, which opened in 1900. Designed by Frank Freeman in the Beaux-Arts style, the facade features sculptures, a marquee, and ba...
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Lyric Theatre and Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Description: View from street of two people walking on the sidewalk near an automobile parked at the curb. They are heading toward a street corner outside the Lyric The...
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Post Office

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Description: View from intersection toward the facade and right side of the post office. The building consists of brick with stone accents on the top of the arched fron...
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Lynwood Hall

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Description: View from street toward the brick facade and left side of Lynwood Hall. The concrete pediment above the door has the building's name. On each side of the f...
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The Harvey Residence

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Description: View from street toward a house on a corner. The house has clapboard siding, an asymmetrical roof line, and decorative woodwork on the porch. Striped shade...
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Storefronts in Wausau

Date: 1936
Description: View from street of commercial area with storefronts and pedestrians. Many cars are parked on both sides of the street. Visible storefront signs read, "S &...
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Lewis Arms at the Jim White Grocery

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Description: Lewis Arms sits on a bicycle in front of Jim White's Grocery in the Greenbush neighborhood. With him is Eldrie Berry, daughter of John and Pearl Berry, and...
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Street Scene in the Business Section

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Description: Several storefronts stand along a street in a commercial district. with Automobiles park along either side of the street and a clock is visible on a buildi...
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Longfellow School

Date: 1900
Description: View from street toward the facade and right side of Longfellow School. The entrances and side windows extend out from the structure and are made of stone....
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Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: View toward the brick and stone facade of a neoclassical-style public library on a corner.
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Street Scene with the Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: View across intersection toward the library on the left, and houses behind a tree-lined sidewalk on the right.
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Hotel

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Description: View from street toward the facade of a hotel on a street corner. Awnings are above some of the windows, and the entrances along the sidewalk. A large sign...
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High School

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Description: View across street toward the facade and right side of a high school building. A postman walks along the sidewalk in front, and nearby a man sits in his ho...

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