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| Date: | 10 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Telephone Company construction site at rear of Park Hotel taken from southwest showing rear of the hotel and the 115 West Main Street building wi... |
| Date: | 12 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the roof of the Park Hotel. Main Street businesses seen include, from the left: Western Union Telegraph Company at 21 West Main Street, ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Men unloading machinery from an International KB-10 truck. The original caption reads, "An International KB-10 with Rodgers body and Braden winch owned by ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the south side 200 block of State Street. A large sign announces the coming of a new Montgomery Ward's store on the site. Stores shown inc... |
| Date: | 06 26 1946 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the hotel. Caption in album reads: "Where I roomed 6-26 1946 while installing dial switchboard for Dairyland Milk Coop." |
| Date: | 06 1946 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the hotel. Caption in album reads: "Where I roomed 6-26 1946 while installing dial switchboard for Dairyland Milk Coop." |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. People are being rescued with a ladder and others have esca... |
| Date: | 08 26 1948 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hadden Hospital, Wild Rose, Wis." A two-story brick hospital with a full basement and decorative entrance. Established in 1941 by Dr.... |
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