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A Merry Christmas

Date: 12 24 1908
Description: Christmas postcard with sprigs of mistletoe and holly intertwined on a light blue background with snow. Lightly embossed. Text on front in mrtallic gold re...
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Christmas Wishes

Date: 1907
Description: Real Photo Christmas postcard with a girl, pine branches and an inset of snow covered buildings. The girl is wearing a coat and cap. The text at top left r...
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A Joyous Easter

Date: 1908
Description: Easter postcard with two yellow chicks in a nest surrounded by Forget Me Nots. The nest is on the grass and a sprig of Pussy Willows is behind them. Text o...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 01 01 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Interior, Schlitz Palm Garden, Milwaukee." A very ornately decorated space with a barrel vaulted ceiling. Skylights and arched window...
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Beautiful Washington Park

Date: 11 04 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "In 'Beautiful Washington Park,' Milwaukee." View of a pond with water lilies, flowers, trees and other wetland foliage.
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College of Law

Date: 03 09 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "College of Law, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis." Exterior view of the Law Building on Bascom Hill on the UW-Madison campus. Th...
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River Scene

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "River Scene, Stoughton, Wis." Two women in a canoe on the Yahara River near wetlands foliage, with two people on the pedestrian bridg...
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West of the City

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "West of the City, Sheboygan, Wis." A view of the city looking towards the lake, with a locomotive on the right rounding the bend and ...
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Sheboygan River and Belt Line Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan River and Belt Line Bridge, Sheboygan, Wis." Elevated view of a trestle bridge over the river. Two bridges cross the river...
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Roadside View

Date: 09 12 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Roadside View, Shullsburg, Wis." View of an unpaved road leading into a small town framed by a large tree. A church and other buildin...
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Buggy on a Bridge

Date: 11 04 1912
Description: A horse-drawn buggy crossing a bridge with trees overhead.
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green." On the reverse it reads: "Be It Ever So Humble..." A Native American man dressed in indigenous clothing...
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Taliesin

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Taliesin, Spring Green, Wis." View of the courtyard at Taliesin. In the foreground is a statue of a figure holding a bird standing on...
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Private Cottages, River Pines

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Private Cottages, River Pines, Stevens Point, Wis." Two men and a woman stand together in front of clapboard cottages while viewing a...
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Cherry Blossoms

Date: 1963
Description: Text on front reads: "Cherry Blossoms, Door County, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Thousands of acres of cherry and apple blossoms burst into bloom during the la...
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Cherry Picking Scene

Date: 07 04 1927
Description: Text on front reads: "Cherry Picking Scene, Door County, Wisconsin." A cherry orchard filled with people and people on ladders, harvesting the fruit into b...
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Bridge at Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "Bridge at Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin." This bridge, also known as the Michigan Street Bridge, was built in 1929 and opened ...
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Bridge Scene

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bridge Scene, Theresa, Wis." The stone arch bridge over the East Branch Rock River was built in 1874, replacing the original bridge b...
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Indian Canoe

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian Canoe" and "Greetings from Tomah, Wis." On reverse: "Camp of berry-pickers, man, wife, and children. Camp site on a beautiful ...
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Dam

Date: 08 12 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Dam, Vesper, Wis." The privately owned dam was built on the Hemlock Creek River in 1944 for recreational purposes. Buildings are beyo...

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