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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of V.T. Shaw's store and post office. A weather vane is visible on the roof of the building. Caption reads: "V.T. Shaw Store & Post Office, P... |
| Date: | 02 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Nancy Wetzel, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, is shown putting pretzels in the mail boxes at Elizabeth Waters Hall, as part o... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Men stand outside the Post Exchange Store at Camp Upton, built in 1917. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A large group of uniformed sailors pose while others distribute the mail at the United States Naval Training Station St. Helena, land found on the eastern ... |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | Two men unload containers of chicks from the back of a horse-drawn wagon as part of a parcel post delivery. The sign on a brick building in the background ... |
| Date: | 1991 |
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| Description: | An elderly woman waits on a bench for the bus by the post office. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the facade and right side of the post office. The main entrance, set to the left, is framed with a neoclassical surround. There a... |
| Date: | 02 1915 |
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| Description: | A mail carrier on horseback is approaching a stranded horse-drawn carriage along a stretch of poor quality rural road. Farmhouses and farm buildings are on... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card given by a mail carrier to a patron. An old fashioned horse-drawn buggy is paused at a mailbox on a rural road. This image is within a wreath ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a 10¢ War Stamp Album glued inside. The front of the card shows Uncle Sam's large shoe kicking Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito into space.... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. Osward's restaurant is on the far left. The post office and a plumbing shop are on the right. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street looking west. On these blocks there is a restaurant, rug store, post office, and Farmers State Bank. Automobiles are parked on both s... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across street of a group of employees, all men, posing outside their cafe. The cafe advertises Kennedy Dairy Company brand ice cream, Coca-Cola produc... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A wooden chest with a sign "[illegible] Cement Work" stands on West Dayton Street near its intersection with Wisconsin Avenue. There is a bucket nearby, an... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A street scene at the post office. The post office houses J.E. James Childs Cabinets. One man stands at the doorpost and three men sit on makeshift seats o... |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 100 block of State Street. Businesses include: Brathaus, The Perfume Shop, Lou's Tobacco Bar, Pattie Wago... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A hotel, barbershop [?], and post office. The hotel has a roofed porch and chairs. A man stands under the awning of the barbershop, and another man leans a... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A group of men stand outside of the post office. There is a parked car at the curb. A building is being demolished and there is a pile of rubble in the str... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View down a country road leading from the outskirts of town. On the right, a horse-drawn carriage is parked outside the Post Office and F.A. Irish Grocerie... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the International Harvester Company Knoxville branch. A sign advertising P&O plows hangs from a covered porch along the side of the build... |
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