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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the U.S. Post Office. Caption reads: "U.S. Post Office, Monroe, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee's first mail truck, here referred to as an "auto car." The date comes from a similar postcard that is postmarked. Caption reads: "Auto Car in Ma... |
| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Clerk at the post office sorting Christmas parcels to be shiped overseas to men and women in service. |
| Date: | 12 07 1944 |
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| Description: | Fifteen Madison U.S. Mail carriers standing on the front steps of the Madison U.S. Post Office. Lower row left to right: Martin T. Digney, Thomas M. Carey,... |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. R.S. Briggs, postal clerk, with Christmas cards and packages. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two buildings: a post ofice and a livery stable/feed store. A man is exiting the post office. Sign on livery stable reads: "Livery Feed and Sale Stable." C... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Astor fur trading building, The Northwest Fur Company, in 1808. This building was later used as a post office before the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street with snow along the curbs. The Post office is the first building on the left. Other buildings are occupied by a doctor's office, s... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View looking southwest. Labeled on photograph: Post Office, Beebes Drugs, Opera House, Fair Store, Bank. Caption reads: "New Richmond, Wis. Looking S.W." |
| Date: | 05 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Madison Disabled American Veterans (DAV) officials, Mark R. Kilp, left, Adjutant G. Earl Heath, center, and right, Postmaster Walter J. Hyland inspect a sh... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Platteville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Milwaukee Post Office. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Post Office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption reads: "Pos... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Post Office and insurance buildings (on right), at Monona Avenue and East Wilson Street. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. Two children are... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | "Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. I... |
| Date: | 06 1946 |
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| Description: | View of the 3500 block of University Avenue, site of the Coca-Cola Bottling plant. There are trees along the road and names on mailboxes of "Middleton" and... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Panoramic bird's-eye view of the heart of the Loop. Labeled sites include: Insurance Exchange, Continental and Commercial National Bank, Post Office, Dear... |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | Destruction of the old post office building. |
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