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Main Street, Flower Bed on Square

Date: 1913
Description: View of a city street lined with businesses. A streetcar is at the intersection, and a flower bed is in the center of the square. Caption reads: "Main Str...
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Hilgendorf House

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Description: An original half timber pioneer dwelling built in 1842. Located on Hwy 167 near Mequon.
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The Home of the Muskie

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Description: View of water lilies and lily pads in a river. Caption reads: "The Home of the Muskie."
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Badger Hotel and War Memorial

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Description: View from street towards a park with a cannon, a flagpole, lampposts and an arch. Two men are standing on the curved walk of the park. In the background is...
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The Breakers

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Text on front: "The Breakers, Racine, Wis." A green roofed white lodge on Lake Michigan's lakeshore. Trees, sidewalks, flowers, and lawns surround the lodg...
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The College Inn

Date: 1952
Description: Text on front: "The College Inn, 164 to 174 Griswold St. Phones–Cherry 300 and Main 2355." View of the large dining room filled with tables and chairs. The...
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Oneida County Courthouse

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse: "Oneida County Courthouse located at Rhinelander, Wisconsin." The Courthouse is built of stone and has a copper dome. The front has many w...
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City Park

Date: 05 14 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "City Park, Rice Lake, Wis." View of a circular flower bed and tiered fountain in City Park, overlooking the lake. Trees surround the ...
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Birthplace of the Republican Party

Date: 1950
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The Famous Little White School House, at Ripon, Wisconsin. Birthplace of the Republican Party in 1854." Surrounded by dwellings...
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Small Church

Date: 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Small Church, 'Wisconsin in Miniature,' Souvenir and Refreshment Stand, Rudolph, Wisconsin." A garden with flowers, rocks, shrubs, pa...
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Grotto of Lourdes, Grotto Shrine

Date: 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Grotto of Lourdes, Grotto Shrine, Rudolph, Wisconsin." A garden with flowers, rocks, shrubs and paths. A rock shrine with a statue of...
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Grotto Shrine and Builder

Date: 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Main View and Builder, Rev. P.J. Wagner, Grotto Shrine, Rudolph, Wisconsin." A rock and flower shrine with a statue of Jesus in a nic...
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Lily Pond and Surroundings

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "Lily Pond and Surroundings, St. Philip School, Rudolph, Wis." An elaborate structure of rocks surrounded by a lily pond. Through an o...
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Spellman Granite Works

Date: 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Spellman Granite Works, Sauk City, Wisconsin" and "Manufacturing Plant." Two images, one above the other, an exterior and interior vi...
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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1915
Description: Holiday postcard combining wild roses, pine branches, holly and a scene of a church in the snow. The scene is in the lower right, the background is gold an...
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Good Luck for Christmas

Date: 1907
Description: Holiday postcard that reads: "Good Luck for Christmas; Good Luck for the New Year For you and yours and Everybody you hold dear." The postcard is embellish...
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Ladies Picking Cherry Blossoms

Date: 1910
Description: Spring postcard of women wearing pastel dresses, picking cherry blossoms. The scene is within an architectural themed frame with a potted tree on either si...
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Happy Easter

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Description: Easter postcard with a bird, bird's nest and flowers. In the background is a country scene with a river and the moon partially behind clouds. Text on front...
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All Joy to You This Eastertide

Date: 03 23 1907
Description: Easter postcard with two rabbits, one inside a hinged and decorated Easter egg, and the other rabbit outside. They are touching noses. The egg and rabbits ...
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Karl Zettler Half-Timber House

Date: 1957
Description: A timber and masonry house in the Ozaukee County Pioneer Village. Text on back reads: "Ozaukee County, Pioneer Village, Wisconsin. Karl Zettler Half-Timber...

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