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Lake Geneva Downtown Restaurants

Date: 1920
Description: Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ...
Photograph

200 Block of State Street in Winter

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the north side of the 200 block of State Street between Fairchild and Henry Streets. This side was free of saloons. The south si...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking South

Date: 
Description: View down unpaved Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking South, Friendship, Wis."
Postcard

Fourth Street, South from Main

Date: 1915
Description: View toward intersection. There are many pedestrians on the sidewalks and in the street. Caption reads: "Fourth Street, South from Main, La Crosse, Wis."
Photograph

High Street

Date: 1895
Description: View from sidewalk across unpaved High Street in Mineral Point. There is a large clock hanging above the sidewalk on the right.
Postcard

Tower Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View from sidewalk looking across Tower Avenue. A theater is in the right foreground, a furniture store is located on the left side of the street and a sho...
Postcard

Superior Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Superior Avenue, with the Tomah Hardware store in the left foreground. A number of pedestrians and horse-drawn sleds and vehicles are in t...
Postcard

Public Square

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the public square, looking south. Caption reads: "Public Square, Ripon, Wis., Looking South."
Photograph

Alba House

Date: 1860
Description: View across intersection towards the Alba House, with individuals standing outside its entrance and on the balcony.
Print

Square on Street Corner

Date: 1915
Description: View of street corner includes shops, cars parked on street, and two people.
Print

Street Corner

Date: 1915
Description: Clipping from Oconomowoc Enterprise. View of street corner includes shops and people. One sign reads: "Wilsey and Snyder."
Photograph

High Street

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph. In the right background is the building of the Trade Reporter newspaper at the corner of Main and High Streets; across the street from it is J...
Photograph

Sidewalk Sale in front of Deutschkron Family's Store

Date: 12 1968
Description: Sidewalk sale in front of Deutschkron family's store, Martin's, 427 State Street.
Photograph

Union Worker Supports Civil Rights

Date: 1960
Description: Members of a Des Moines United Packinghouse Workers of America local picket outside a Woolworth's store to demonstrate their opposition to segregation of W...
Poster

Travel By Train Travel Poster: Fifth Avenue, New York

Date: 1932
Description: An original lithograph promoting Fifth Avenue in New York as "The World's Greatest Shopping Street," and to get there by way of the train. The poster depic...
Photograph

Congress and First Street Junction

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the junction of Congress and First Streets downtown, featuring cars, pedestrians, storefronts, and railroad tracks.
Photograph

North Spring Street

Date: 
Description: Row of shopfronts on North Spring Street in brick buildings with the Sussex county courthouse in the background. Caption reads: "North Spring Street."
Photograph

High Street

Date: 
Description: View down High Street with stores lining either side. Features parked cars, pedestrians in the street and Centre County Court House in the background.
Photograph

Lockhart Street

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Description: Lockhart Street with banks on opposite corners, featuring foot traffic and a trolley. Caption reads: "Lockhart Street."
Photograph

North 4th Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of North 4th Street. Scene features pedestrians and carriages outside local businesses.

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