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US Mail Truck

Date: 10 29 1928
Description: A man is sitting behind the steering wheel in the driver's side seat of an International mail delivery truck. The "International" emblem is on the front si...
Photograph

Fayette Tourists Lodge

Date: 02 1925
Description: Four men with their collars turned up against the cold stand beside the Fayette Tourists Lodge. The Fayette post office was housed in the building. On the ...
Photograph

Fayette Hotel

Date: 02 1925
Description: A car is parked alongside the hotel in Fayette. Four men pose near the front porch. As advertised by a large sign, the hotel housed the Fayette Post Office...
Photograph

Chester Thordarson at Post Office

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene with Chester Thordarson (left) and Bill Jepson standing next to a vehicle with skis attached to the front, and three crawler wheels in the bac...
Photograph

Norwalk Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: Street scene down middle of street, with businesses on both sides. A hotel, the post office, and a hardware store are on the left. A mercantile, ice cream ...
Photograph

Business District

Date: 1921
Description: View across street towards the row of businesses along the sidewalk on the right. Includes, from the right, a man in an apron, and three young girls standi...
Photograph

Petersburg Business District

Date: 1922
Description: View across street of commercial buildings, with a tree-lined hill in the far background. A group of men and women are standing on the porch of the brick b...
Photograph

Springvalle General Store

Date: 1922
Description: View from road of the general store, a two-story wood frame building in a rural area. A man and a child are standing near the door. Another child is sittin...
Photograph

Wiota Butter and Cheese Company

Date: 1925
Description: Three-quarter view of left side and front of the the Wiota Butter and Cheese Company. A wooden flight of stairs leads up to the second floor entrance. Ther...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district from the end of a bridge. The post office on the right with a small group of men and children in front. An automobi...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1927
Description: This map includes an index and highways marked in red. Attractions on the map include: Four Mile House, Cold Springs, Grand Crossing Station, Coleman Sloug...
Postcard

Post Office, Eau Claire, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: Color enhanced photographic postcard view of the post office.
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. ...
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.
Document

Acceptance of Airline Service Proposal Telegram

Date: 09 20 1920
Description: Photograph of Alfred Lawson's telegram confirming that Otto Praeger, second assistant United States Postmaster General, had received Alfred Lawson's air ma...
Document

Letter of Proposal Acceptance from Otto Praeger

Date: 09 13 1920
Description: Letter to Alfred Lawson from Otto Praeger, the second assistant Postmaster General, accepting Lawson's proposals for carrying air mail along three routes: ...
Photograph

Calendar Pinup Girl for the Month of January

Date: 1922
Description: A McCormick-Deering calendar with a pinup girl. Attached to the calendar is a label for the "Townsend Mercantile Co., Farm Implements and Hardware, Marion ...
Photograph

Two Men Posing with Mail Delivery Truck

Date: 11 08 1928
Description: Two male mail carriers are standing with a mail delivery truck in a neighborhood.
Photograph

Two Mail Carriers with a Mail Delivery Truck

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: Two men in uniform are standing with a U.S. Mail truck. They are parked in the driveway with a large building behind them.
Photograph

Truck on Rural Road

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: Right side view of a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck with a stake body parked on a rural road. The sign on the passenger side door reads: "U.S....

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