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Driving Hogs Through Town

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Description: Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t...
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Catholic Church at La Pointe

Date: 1870
Description: Boardwalk leading to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pointe.
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E.M. Maurer Bookstore

Date: 1885
Description: A man is posing in front of the corner entrance to the E.M. Maurer Bookstore. Above the corner entrance is a turret, and a small child is looking out of on...
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Crowd on Main Street Watching Parade

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Description: Crowd of people lined up along board sidewalk watching a parade on diagonal part of Main Street. The boardwalk on the other side of the street is elevated....
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Group of People in Parade

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Description: View down side of street towards a parade of men and women in patriotically decorated wagons coming up a road outside of town. People are watching from the...
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The Boardwalk and Beach

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd of people gathered on the boardwalk. In the background people are walking on the beach, and walking and swimming in the ocea...
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Bathing Scene at Tenth Street

Date: 1915
Description: People crowd the boardwalk at Tenth Street, entering and exiting the shops at left. On the right people are sunbathing on the beach and swimming in the sur...
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The Beach Health Class

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of men, women and children standing in long rows along the beach, with fingers touching their shoulders, caught in the middle of an exercise ...
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Man with Binder on Horse-Drawn Transport Truck

Date: 1900
Description: View of a man on a McCormick binder on a horse-drawn transport truck, on a road near a river or lake on the left. On the right is a board sidewalk.
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No. 1 Steamer Fire Engine

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Description: Stereograph of a fire station with a belfry at 516 Main Street. The "No. 1 Steamer" fire engine is parked on the boardwalk. Seven men and two dogs are sta...
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Alta Belle Franklin

Date: 1918
Description: Alta Belle Franklin standing on the boardwalk outside of her father, Jerome Francis Franklin Jr.'s, Drug Store. She is wearing a dress, coat and hat. Text ...
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Dells of Wisconsin

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Description: View of a man standing on a boardwalk in a ravine. Other people are walking along the boardwalk. A penciled note identifies the man as "RJ." Caption on rea...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Schleisingerville, Wis." Buildings run along both sides of an unpaved street. One side has sidewalks, the other, a boar...
Postcard

Main Street South

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street South - Seymour, Wis." Men and horse-drawn vehicles in the unpaved street with storefronts on both sides. The men are wea...
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Main Street

Date: 07 02 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." Slightly elevated view of a parade featuring an ornate circus wagon which is pulled by eight horses. The ...
Postcard

Buchholz Bros. Store

Date: 08 07 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Buchholz Bros. Store, Stetsonville, Wis". A group of men and a young boy pose on the porch of a brick General Store. A dog stands in ...
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Erickson and Evenson Company Store

Date: 10 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Erickson and Evenson Co. Store. Stetsonville, Wis." Four men and a boy on a tricycle pose on the boardwalk in front of a General Stor...
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Leo Saik Store

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Leo Saik Store, Stockton, Wis." Two men and three children pose on the elevated boardwalk in front of a two-story building with a fla...

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