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Main Street

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view down the street towards the central business district; a post office, a gas pump and a bar. Two cars, a truck and some people ar...
Postcard

Boe's Store and Post Office

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view of a building housing a store and post office, surrounded by trees next to a lake. Captions read: "Boe's Store and Post Office, ...
Map or Atlas

Barton, Washington County, Wisconsin

Date: 1878
Description: This bird’s-eye-view map of Barton is indexed for parochial and public schools, churches, a convent, the railroad depot, and the post office.
Photograph

Postmaster and Family

Date: 1910
Description: A book in his hands, Postmaster Ed King sits in his wallpapered living room, staring past his wife to the window. Edna, his daughter, is seated at the pian...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1930
Description: View down Main Street. The wide street has cars and trucks parked along the curbs on both sides. The Elroy Post Office is on the corner on the right. Furth...
Photograph

Adderley Street in Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the post office on Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa. There are automobiles, horse-drawn carts, wagons, and streetcars on the wid...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1950
Description: Black and white postcard view from the street of the U.S. Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Delafield, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Map of Polk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: This map shows townships and sections, post offices, roads, and railroads. The left margin reads: "For sale at Cushing Land Agency, St. Croix Falls, Wis. 4...
Photograph

Petersen Boys on the Pier

Date: 1928
Description: Conrad, resting his feet in a baby carriage, and Edward, center, sit on a bench on the pier at Black Point; their younger brother William stands at right. ...
Postcard

Jefferson Street

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Description: View across Jefferson Street toward several storefronts and horse-drawn vehicles on the right. Near the Gustave [__]ner Harness Shop is a man seated on a w...
Map or Atlas

Routes to the Pikes Peak Gold Regions

Date: 1860
Description: This map shows roads, trails, and railroads throughout Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, and Utah, including the Salt Lake City & California ...
Photograph

Lake Tomahawk Post Office

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Lake Tomahawk Post Office, with a woman and two young girls posed in front. A sign painted on the side of the building advertises "Sod...
Photograph

U.S. Post Office

Date: 
Description: Exterior view across the street towards the post office at 1620 East Capitol Drive.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Door County

Date: 1975
Description: This map is a reduced reproduction of an annotated map showing location and dates of the operation of Door County post offices. The map includes an article...
Photograph

65 East Lake Street

Date: 
Description: View across street towards a five story building. On the street level are the Lake Street Station Chicago Post Office, on the left, next to Harry's Sandwic...
Photograph

The United States Mail via the Modern Airliner

Date: 1919
Description: Slightly elevated view of men loading bags marked "U.S. Mail" from a truck into a Lawson Airliner No. 2. Alfred Lawson in his flight gear is standing on a ...
Photograph

State Street House

Date: 1921
Description: View from street of an Italianate style home on State Street. There are mailboxes on the corner, and a lamppost on the left.
Map or Atlas

A New Map of North America

Date: 1780
Description: Detailed map of America east of the Louisiana region. It shows forts, cities, borders and boundary lines, Native American land, the post road, mountains, w...
Map or Atlas

Proposed Lawson Airline System of the U.S.A.

Date: 06 26 1919
Description: Map outlining Alfred Lawson's plan for airmail delivery routes across the United States, including several stops in Wisconsin. The accompanying text reads:...
Postcard

Elm Grove

Date: 1912
Description: View along stream towards people standing in front of buildings and near a stone bridge. The buildings include a post office and a feed mill. Caption reads...

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