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Old Mill of Delavan

Date: 1910
Description: Distant view of the mill, with a stream leading to it, and a road paralleling the stream on the right. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Delavan, Wis."
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De Pere Bridge with Cars

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the bridge, with several cars driving on it. On the left and right are streets below the bridge. In the distance are smokestacks and water...
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Kohler Ravine Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of Kohler Ravine Park. In the right foreground is a small bridge, and on the right is a set of wide, concrete steps leading from the road down the hil...
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Battle Hollow Sign

Date: 1927
Description: View of the Battle Hollow sign along an unpaved road. In the distance on the left is a rock formation covered with trees. Sign reads: "Battle Hollow Clack ...
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Toll Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: View of two automobiles crossing a toll bridge. There are cherries on branches at the top of the postcard. Caption reads: "In Door County 'Cherryland,' The...
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Highway Detour Sign

Date: 1920
Description: Detour sign posted by the Wisconsin Highway Commission, the predecessor of the Department of Transportation, in Manitowoc showing a confusing detour route ...
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Sauk County Road

Date: 1920
Description: Loganville Road in Sauk County taken by the Wisconsin Good Roads Association. The photograph was meant to create a contrast between the new improved road ...
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Improved Rural Road

Date: 1918
Description: Amery Road near New Richmond. The photograph was taken by the Wisconsin Good Roads Association probably as an illustration of the kind of improved roads t...
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The Shore Road, Lloyd's Neck

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Description: A dirt road along the shore, featuring a log guardrail and a boathouse in the distance. Caption reads: "The Shore Road, Lloyd's Neck, Huntington, N.Y."
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Car on Dirt Road

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Description: A view of a car on a dirt road driving toward Mt. Tom Camp, with a wooden guardrail on one side and a natural rock formation on the other side.
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Car on Dirt Road

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Description: A view of a car driving on a dirt road along the Naugatuck River, with a wooden guardrail and river on one side, and a rock formation on the other.
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Pennsylvania State Highway

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Description: A view of a country dirt road with a car pulled over to the right side. The road is part of the Pennsylvania State Highway, and is bordered by a fence on o...
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Stone Bridge

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Description: View along quiet stream lined with trees and foliage toward an arched stone bridge with a guardrail.
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New Lincoln Highway Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the Lincoln Highway, also known as the Juniata Bridge, or Juniata Crossing. View toward right side of bridge over a river, with tree-cover...
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Bridge Crossing Wisconsin River

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Description: Black and white postcard of an elevated view of the Old Covered Bridge crossing the Wisconsin River. The bridge is on the left and the river is on the righ...
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Greetings From Abbotsford, Wis.

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Description: Colorized postcard of a car coming down a road. There is a fence on the left near trees, and there are telephone poles in the background. Caption reads: "G...
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Wisconsin Power and Light Truck Side View

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Description: Wisconsin Power and Light truck with bed box built by the Ideal Body Company. Two men are standing by a fence behind the truck on the right near a lake.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Truck Rear View

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Description: Rear view of a bed box built by the Ideal Body Company for the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. A man is standing on the right of the truck, which is par...
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New Fane

Date: 1932
Description: Looking west along County Trunk Highway SS (now CTH DD) from the hill east of the New Fane School. The brick school, with its bell tower and widow's walk, ...
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Covered Bridge

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a covered bridge over the Wisconsin River. Men are fishing at the base of a pylon, and other men are boating in the river. Th...

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