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Metropolitan Building

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Description: Metropolitan building and the Streissguth clothing and shoe company at the northeast corner of N. 3rd and W. State Streets. Police officers are standing on...
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Grove Street Businesses

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Description: Looking south on S. 5th Street from W. National Avenue. The church steeples in the background are St. Stephen's Lutheran (left), and St. Stanislaus Catholi...
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Miller Hotel and Theater

Date: 07 31 1918
Description: Elevated view looking north on N. 3rd Street from W. Wisconsin Avenue towards the commercial district surrounding the Miller Hotel and Theater. There are s...
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Snowy Downtown Street

Date: 1910
Description: Pedestrians, bicyclists, and horse-drawn carriages on a commercial street. City Hall with its clock tower is in the far background. A sign for Sisson & Sew...
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North Side of Town Square

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Description: North side view of the town square with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. Business signs read: "Fa...
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Main Street

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Description: Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. Business signs read: "Case & Hudelson Fur...
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Bank, Harness Store and General Store

Date: 1900
Description: A bank, harness store and general store. Text on building on right side reads: "J.H. Stecker Selz Shoes," "J.H. Stecker" and "Applegate Post Office." Capti...
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Street Scene

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Description: Smoke from a train is on the left side. Business signs read: "New York Store Dry Goods," "O'Neill's Shoe Shop," "Post Office," "CDI Son & (obscured) Phonog...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 09 28 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. Buildings and trees line the street. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and the sidewalks. Text b...
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Main Street

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street. A team of horses pulling a buggy is parked at the curb near a storefront on the right. There is a shoe store and hotel on the left.
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State Bank

Date: 1912
Description: View from across the intersection of Coon Valley State Bank, D.O. Stevlingson - the Gotzian Shoe, and the Restaurant Colonial. A horse and buggy is tied at...
Print

F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company of Milwaukee, manufacturers of and dealers in footwear, with an elevated, three-quarter view of the Mayer co...
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Street Scene with Horses and Wagons

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Description: View down unpaved street. Horses pulling wagons are tied to posts at the curb. There are pedestrians along the sides of the street. Awnings are above windo...
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Bank Block

Date: 1912
Description: View across lawn of a commercial block, including the Farmers Merchants Bank, general store, and meat market. Horses and wagons, and an automobile are park...
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Street Scene — Prairie du Sac

Date: 1913
Description: View down middle of unpaved street of the central business district. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of an automobile along the left curb near a gara...
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Ridgeway Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: A downhill view of Main Street with a shoe store and other buildings on the left. Some homes and a church in the distance. Horses and wagons in the street ...
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Soldiers Grove Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down sidewalk of (Hwy 30 W) with commercial buildings on both sides. A steep hill is in the background. On the left are parked cars near storefronts i...
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Water Street

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Description: View down Water Street. The buildings on the left side of the street have their awnings down, and the buildings on the right, which is in shade, have them ...
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Waterloo Street Scene

Date: 1912
Description: View down street from the end of a bridge. On the left is a service garage, post office and millinery. On the right is a shoe and repair shops, and other c...
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West Main Street

Date: 1913
Description: View from intersection down center of West Main Street. On the corner on the left is a brick bank building. A paint store, a shoe store and other businesse...

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