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Mrs. Katherine McCullough Speaking in Sister Bay

Date: 06 27 1912
Description: Suffragist Mrs. Katherine McCullough speaking to a gathering in front of the store and post office run by Mrs. W. Bunda in Sister Bay.
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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
Description: View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Hydroplane

Date: 10 19 1911
Description: Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Curtiss hydroplane at Prairie du Chien during a flight that was intended to be the first all the way down the Mississippi River...
Map or Atlas

Dane County Rural Delivery

Date: 1910
Description: Map of Dane County rural delivery in Madison and the town of Westport.
Photograph

International Auto Wagon

Date: 1913
Description: International Auto Wagon parked in front of a horse outside a post office. The truck is loaded with sacks, possibly filled with mail.
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Post Office

Date: 1918
Description: View from street towards the post office.
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Wisconsin Avenue from the Capitol

Date: 1915
Description: Wisconsin Avenue looking toward the northwest from the top of the Capitol. The elevated perspective provides an unusual view of the old City Hall (left) an...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

View of Hub City

Date: 1910
Description: View down a business-lined street in Hub City. Caption reads: "This is Hub City as it looked in 1910. On the right, looking north, is the store, hotel, and...
Photograph

Decorated Post Office

Date: 12 1918
Description: Post Office advertising the sale of War Savings Stamps. A sign above the entrance reads: "Do Your Christmas Shopping Here." Snow is on the ground.
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the post office. Caption reads: "U. S. Post Office, Ripon, Wis."
Postcard

Hotel Racine on Main Street

Date: 1914
Description: Main Street with the Post Office and the Hotel Racine. Caption reads: "Main Street, showing Post Office and Hotel Racine, Racine, Wis."
Postcard

Post Office and Oconto National Bank

Date: 1912
Description: View from street towards the Post Office and bank. An advertisement for a hardware store is on the side of the building on the left. Caption reads: "Post O...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the post office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption r...
Photograph

Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop

Date: 1919
Description: Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop poses next to Harold Russell's airplane. This plane was the first to land on Madeline Island.
Photograph

Corner of Fond Du Lac Avenue and Walnut Street

Date: 08 31 1910
Description: Looking northwest on Fond du Lac Avenue from W. Walnut Street. In the center is a building with awning that reads: "1220 Zautcke Bros." Streetcars, pedestr...
Photograph

Mrs. Lathrop Pushing Wheelbarrow

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Lathrop, the town post mistress, pushing her wheelbarrow down a long wooden dock at La Pointe. She is on her way to haul merchandise for her store.
Postcard

Post Office and Government Building

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of post office, with tower on left side. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk at the corner. Caption reads: "Post Office and Government Bldg., Mil...
Photograph

Illinois Central Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: Illinois Central Railroad station, 603 West Washington Avenue. The passenger depot is in the foreground, and the freight depot is across West Washington Av...
Photograph

Unitarian Church & Parish Hall

Date: 1918
Description: Unitarian Church, built in 1886, and parish hall added in 1911 (both demolished), 125 Wisconsin Avenue at East Dayton Street, with a corner of the Federal ...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol and Post Office

Date: 1918
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol from Wisconsin Avenue, with the United States Federal Courthouse and Post Office on the left, and Madison City Hall and Christ Pres...

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