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Mail Carrier

Date: 1905
Description: Carte-de-visite of a mailman dressed in his full uniform gazing at a piece of mail he is holding in his hands. He is carrying his mail pouch over his shoul...
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John Lloyd Jones

Date: 1900
Description: John Lloyd Jones standing between his house and the post office shed.
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Corliss Post Office

Date: 1901
Description: Post office, with seven men and a boy standing in front. Corliss is now called Sturtevant.
Postcard

Post Office Block

Date: 1900
Description: View of the post office block, otherwise known as the Burnie block. Caption reads: "Post-Office Block, Fairchild, Wis. (Burnie Block.)"
Photograph

Mail Wagon

Date: 1906
Description: Mail wagon, circa, 1889. Man in photograph: Ralph Jones. Wagon given to the Wisconsin Historical Society (Cassville), by Mr. Jones, who also presented the ...
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Wood Frame House

Date: 1909
Description: A wood frame house, with a porch, which was formerly the post office, owned by Mr. Edgar Wood, who was the postmaster.
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Stephen Bell Home

Date: 1909
Description: View acorss road of the home of Stephen Bell, which served as the last post office at King's Corners in the Town of Sumpter. Bell was the last postmaster h...
Postcard

Newly Completed Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: View across street toward the post office just after completion. A man is standing on the sidewalk at the street corner. Caption reads: "Post Office, Wausa...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of post office on a street corner. Caption reads: "Post Office, Lancaster, Wis."
Photograph

Log Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the log building which served as the post office in Loreta (formerly known as Loreto) until January 31, 1907. There is a church in the bac...
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Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the post office on the corner of 2nd and Madison.
Photograph

First National Bank

Date: 1900
Description: The First National Bank that was the Iowa County Building between 1843 and 1860, then the W.T. Henry Bank and post office. Men are standing outside on the ...
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Sister Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: View down the main street of Sister Bay. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked at the Post Office is at the end of the street in the background. Caption reads: "...
Postcard

View of Shell Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View across unpaved towards the left side of main street in Shell Lake, with a hardware store and post office on the left, and people standing along the si...
Photograph

Broadhead and Hudson Streets

Date: 1909
Description: Mazomanie Post Office and the State Bank on the corner of Broadhead and Hudson. On the left a young girl stands in the dirt road. Further down the block a ...
Photograph

Post Office

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of the post office.
Photograph

Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of a post office. Sign near door says: "Post Office. Sandusky." A man stands just outside the door, looking at another man standing inside.
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of the Post Office. Two people are standing at the entrance on the left. Caption reads: "Post Office, Middleton, Wis."
Postcard

Milwaukee Mail Truck

Date: 1909
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...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1900
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...

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