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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Cumberland with Beaver Dam Lake in the background. In the foreground is a street, and across the street is a church, a water tower and dwe... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A young spotted calf is tethered with a rope to an open barn door at the Middleton family farm. There is a ladder in the background. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company of a photograph of a group of men loading bales of hay onto a horse-drawn wagon. Some of the men ap... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the bottom of the quarry, with a ladder from the bottom of the pit to top. There is a shed at the foot of the ladder. Caption... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View towards tower, with a man standing on the platform on the top. This postcard has a handwritten notation on the back: "One of the first forest protecti... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view of workers picking cherries, some of them standing on ladders. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of tourists picking cherries. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of English Lutheran (now Advent Lutheran) Church, which is a stone building with a bell tower and an arched stained-glass window. Cap... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of the streetcars on Barstow Street, with commercial buildings and pedestrians. There is a boat on the sidewalk on the right. Caption reads: "Barstow ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A group of fire fighters are posing on a horse-drawn hook and ladder firetruck parked at the entrance of the firehouse. Caption reads: "Hook and Ladder Cen... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of a large boarding house. Two people are standing on the porch, and a woman is sitting and looking out of the sill of a second-story window. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View down street towards the Dickerson House, with a sign above the entrance along the rooftop. There is a billiard hall and saloon further down the block.... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View down center of a street in Mazomanie. Horse-drawn vehicles are hitched along the curb. Caption reads: "Business District, Mazomanie, Wis." |
| Date: | 10 20 1915 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the parade for the dedication of the new Main Street. W.A. Holt is driving his automobile, which is decorated with garlands, in t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from the Oconto River of the Holt Lumber Company. A man is standing on a log boom and guiding logs to the sawmill. Writing on the postcard reads: "Hol... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power House at the Dam." Elevated view of the powerhouse, which is a very large brick and concrete structure next to the Prairie du S... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Picking Cherries at N.C. Jacobs', Sawyer, Wis." An elevated view of a group of women, men and children picking cherries using ladders... |
| Date: | 07 04 1927 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Cherry Picking Scene, Door County, Wisconsin." A cherry orchard filled with people and people on ladders, harvesting the fruit into b... |
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