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People in front of Palmer Post Office and General Store

Date: 1935
Description: People are gathered at the entrance to the Post Office and General Store. There is a horse tethered to a wooden fence post, and an automobile is parked nea...
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Warton Post Office and General Store

Date: 1935
Description: One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Colonists lounge ...
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Downtown Iola

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Description: Slightly elevated view of downtown Iola. The curbs are lined with horse-drawn carriages and wagons, and people are gathered on the sidewalks in front of st...
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Gas Blast Demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: A gas explosion demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon. Oregon firemen and neighbors are shown trying to salvage shoes that were part of the ...
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Gas Blast Demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: A gas explosion demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon. Under-sheriff Jack Leslie (L) and Deputy Robert Johnson are shown attempting to find ...
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Abadoned Log Cabin

Date: 1935
Description: A woman and child are in front of a log cabin. There is a tent in the background on the right. Plants are growing on the roof of the cabin, and boards are ...
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General Store

Date: 1975
Description: Interior view of a general store. Items are stacked on the floor, tables and shelves.
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Country Store

Date: 1977
Description: A teenage girl is walking up cement steps to a sidewalk in front of a country store and Post Office. An American flag is flying from a column in the foregr...
Postcard

Kelnhofer's General Store

Date: 09 09 1910
Description: The text on front reads: "Int. of Geo. J. Kelnhofer's General Store. Rib Lake, Wis." A man is standing in the central aisle, and a girl, holding a cat, is ...
Postcard

P.J. Kurtz, General Merchandise

Date: 08 03 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "P.J. Kurtz, Genl. Merchandise, Pleasant Hill, Wis." A man, woman and a young boy wearing a hat are posing in front of the store entra...
Postcard

Quick's Store

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Quick's Store, Rome, Wis." A general store in a small town with a porch along the front. the signs read: "Jefferson, Wagons and Imple...
Postcard

Weiser's Store

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Weiser's Store, Saxeville, Wis." A brick building with a decorative storefront has a raised concrete platform and gasoline pumps in f...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Saxeville, Wis." Weiser's Store, a brick building with a decorative storefront has a raised concrete platform and gasoli...
Postcard

Franklin Street

Date: 06 22 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "Franklin Street, Schleisingerville, Wis." View of an unpaved street with cement sidewalks in front of buildings on both sides. The la...
Postcard

Peter Schuck General Store

Date: 09 14 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Peter Schuck General Store, Schleisingerville, Wis." Diagonal view of a general store with three large windows at the street. There a...
Postcard

Parade Car

Date: 1907
Description: An automobile decorated for an early 4th of July parade traveling down the street. The passengers are dressed festively. Signs for "Castersen & Co. General...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Scene, Shawano, Wis." Horse-drawn buggies are traveling on a street lined with businesses, with pedestrians on the sidewalks. Sig...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 06 21 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Shiocton, Wis." Horse-drawn wagons are hitched in front of storefronts on an unpaved street. A horse on the right wears...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 01 27 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Spring Green, Wis." Storefronts are on both sides of an unpaved street, and the sidewalks and crosswalks are cement. A h...
Postcard

H.J. Shaver & Son

Date: 12 30 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Store of H.J. Shaver & Son, Spring Prairie, Wis." A clapboard store with large front windows. A group is posing in front, with a man ...

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