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Eugene and Beth Coombs Residence

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Eugene and Beth Coombs house, 212 Lakewood Boulevard, Lakewood, showing attached garage.
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Springfield Corners, Highway 12

Date: 12 19 1931
Description: Springfield Corners view, with a Wadhams filling station at the crossroads, and houses and a garage.
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Highway Department Garage

Date: 1930
Description: Shawano County Highway Department garage.
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Fire at 15 S. Bedford Street

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Tenement-type house at 15 South Bedford Street, located at the rear of the city garage, where a fire killed Florence Dinger and three of her children.
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Former Firestone Garage

Date: 05 1981
Description: Former Firestone Garage, Highland Street at Commercial Avenue.
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Automobile Dealerships

Date: 1945
Description: The Du Bois and Kieffer Hudson dealership, and Philbrick Motors, a Willys dealership, which shared a building at 137 Third Avenue. There is a Phillips 66 g...
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Scheible and Dyrud Funeral Home

Date: 1940
Description: View from road of large two-story house which has been converted to a funeral home. The two-story structure has a large porch and brick on the first story,...
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Philbrick Garage

Date: 1930
Description: Five trucks loaded with tires are parked in front of the Philbrick Garage, a Ford and Lincoln dealership at 207 Third Avenue. Boxes on the far right truck ...
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House by Harold Bewick

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Advertisement for an open house at a newly-built house at 4137 Council Crest, Nakoma. The house was built by Harold E. Bewick, building contractor, and adv...
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Day's Service Station

Date: 1936
Description: View across road of a one-story building, Day's Service Station, with gasoline pumps and signs and a map out front. The signs read “Straight Ahead, 10 Mi. ...
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Day's Service Station Highway 77

Date: 1943
Description: View across road of Day's Service Station with gasoline pumps, maps and signs out front. The right half of the building is one-story high, and the left hal...
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Clam Lake Store

Date: 1939
Description: View across road of the Clam Lake Store on the right, a two-story building with a full front porch and a sign that reads “Clam Lake Store, General Merchand...
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Stone Garage and Tower

Date: 1920
Description: View of the stone garage and tower at the Hotz Fish Creek compound on Egg Harbor Road, now Highway 42. There is a rustic lattice fence and gate along the r...
Photograph

Theresa Cwik Mart

Date: 09 1994
Description: "Les Beck displays a 1930s photograph of the garage that is being displaced by the present-day Theresa Cwik Mart."
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
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Automobiles at Pease Resort on Eau Claire Lakes

Date: 1933
Description: Four automobiles parked at the top of a dirt drive at Pease Resort on Upper Eau Claire Lake. On the far right is a shed or garage, and on the left are tree...
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View of Toelle Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. A man stands in the road. Text at foot of photograph reads, "Toelle Ave. 138+12 Look...
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View of 70th Street

Date: 10 30 1925
Description: View down dirt road running through trees. On the far right obscured by trees is a building, perhaps a garage or dwelling. Text at foot of photograph reads...
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International Bus with Carpenter Body

Date: 1973
Description: Color photograph of two children and a dog standing in the driveway of a residence while an International bus with Carpenter body passes by. The side of th...
Painting

Dairy Farm

Date: 1948
Description: A painting of a dairy farm, which was part of the State Fair Centennial mural.

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