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Village on the Bluffs

Date: 1936
Description: View along side of road across a field of a village on the Mississippi bluffs, with many houses and telephone lines visible.
Postcard

Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard from hill looking down at the bridge over the Wisconsin River. A gas station is visible on the right. Text below reads: "Wisconsin Ri...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1948
Description: "Main (Milwaukee) Street. At this time Hwy 41 was still routed through the village."
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1956
Description: "Main Street taken with a telephoto lens."
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down a commercial street. A man waits in a car outside H.B. Kness Shop. More automobiles are parked along the curb in the background.
Photograph

Gotham Street Scene

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Description: View down middle of road towards two corner shops across from one another. On the left, the store's sign reads, "Hot lunches." Two men pose outside in fron...
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Theresa Street Scene

Date: 
Description: View of automobiles driving on a street, entering the city. The Theresa water tower can be seen on the left.
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View from town of the road leading out of town towards fields and low hills. On the left at the curb is a fire hydrant and a Red Crown Gasoline gas pump. A...
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Filling Station

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Description: View from street of the Standard Oil filling station with Red Crown gasoline pumps. Two attendants are standing near an entrance with a sign for a postal t...
Photograph

Scene on Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: View down Main Street with steep, tree-covered hill in the far background. On the left a man is holding flour sacks and standing near a horse-drawn wagon l...
Photograph

Scene on Main Street

Date: 1926
Description: View from road of a service station on the left with gas pumps. Next door is a meat market, a restaurant and a bank. A man is standing in front of the serv...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1925
Description: View down Main Street. On the left are two children standing on a stoop near a large drinking fountain. Down the block is a man standing in front of a 5&10...
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Flood in Darlington

Date: 02 28 1948
Description: View up hill of cars driving in the flooded street of the downtown area. The downtown had also flooded in 1923 and 1937. The Pecatonica River rose rapidly ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down middle of street towards central business section. On the left is a building with a belfry. Cars and businesses line both sides of the street, pe...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View downhill towards a central business district. A restaurant and ice cream parlor are on the right side of the road, and a general store and gas pump ar...
Photograph

Downtown Muscoda

Date: 1971
Description: Slightly elevated view of a central business district. The theater marquee on the left reads: "The Concert for Bangladesh." Across the street on the right ...
Photograph

Restwood Cabins — Highway 12-16

Date: 
Description: Texaco station, with an automobile parked next to the a stone building which has two pumps, at Restwood Cabins. Cabins surround the station, and there is a...
Photograph

Ford Model T Automobile in Front of Schoelkopf Ford Dealership

Date: 1915
Description: View along curb towards a man crouching in the street to add air to a tire from the pump in front of the Schoelkopf Ford dealership at 212 E. Washington Av...
Photograph

Sid in Antique Car

Date: 09 1972
Description: Sid Boyum sitting in a parked, red Model-T outside Moody's Museum in McGregor, Iowa. Sid is wearing a suit and bow tie, and has a cigar in his mouth. Acros...
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North Main Street Looking South

Date: 03 28 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. Sidewalks run along both sides of the street. Automobiles are parked diagonally on the right and al...

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