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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Advertising calendar for McCormick-Deering Line Farm Machines featuring an illustration of a woman clutching letters by a mailbox surrounded by a picturesq... |
| Date: | 03 1876 |
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| Description: | Side view of the locomotive purchased by the Pine River and Stevens Point Railroad, being hauled over land from Lone Rock to Richland Center. In the backgr... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The City of Madison, Federal Post Office, at the corner of Wisconsin and Mifflin Streets. The cornerstone was laid on May 27, 1869. The building was demoli... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View acorss road of the home of Stephen Bell, which served as the last post office at King's Corners in the Town of Sumpter. Bell was the last postmaster h... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of post office. There is a wire fence in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a post office. Sign near door says: "Post Office. Sandusky." A man stands just outside the door, looking at another man standing inside. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A view looking down Wisconsin Avenue as seen from the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds. On the right, the post office is visible. |
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| Description: | Man delivering mail in winter using a sled pulled by two horses. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Mail man driving an International Model M U.S. Mail truck that was part of the Rural Free Delivery service. The truck was equipped with tire chains to driv... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Young man sitting in an International Model M truck used for transportation of passengers, the U.S. Mail, and the transport of luggage to hotels and depots... |
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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. ... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of V.T. Shaw's store and post office. A weather vane is visible on the roof of the building. Caption reads: "V.T. Shaw Store & Post Office, P... |
| Date: | 02 1915 |
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| Description: | A mail carrier on horseback is approaching a stranded horse-drawn carriage along a stretch of poor quality rural road. Farmhouses and farm buildings are on... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. Osward's restaurant is on the far left. The post office and a plumbing shop are on the right. |
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| Description: | View of the post office and Johnson's Store, located in a rural setting. A man carries goods in a horse-drawn wagon. Published by E. Vosseller Stationer. |
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| Description: | View down a dirt street. Cars are parked at the curbs along the shops. The shops include a post office, Ford repair shop, and furniture/rug store. |
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| Description: | View down East Main Street featuring Mansion Hotel and The Turf Saloon, both rebuilt after the 1905 fire which destroyed the entire block. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View across commercial street looking south. Parked at the curb are cars, and driving along the street is a bearded man with a horse and buggy. The shops a... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Woman standing outside of the two-story Post Office building in Manitowish. There is a road, fence and pine trees in the foreground. |
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