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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Automobiles, including a Ford runabout, parked along a rural dirt road for an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department short course and ma... |
| Date: | 04 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the wood trellis fence and columns that frame the entrance gate to the Silver-Dale Resort. A group of people are sitting on the porch of a refreshm... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from across road of a grocery store and gas station, with a home next door. The store features two pumps and advertises Deep Rock motor oil, Coca-Cola... |
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| Description: | The Chippewa Spring House, a small round building with a conical roof with a sign over the door reading "Chippewa Spring," sitting off to the side of a dir... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Methodist Evangelical Church. The building features a sign that says: M.E. 1893. There is a lamp over the entrance, a small, lattice-e... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across road of automobile parked next to gasoline pump outside of the Blue Moon Tavern on County Highway 24. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from yard of blacksmith shop, a home, and a two-story building with a "Gold Medal Flour" sign. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two automobiles are parked next to a tavern with a Blatz Beer sign hanging out front. An American flag hangs from a flagpole. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the street on Stock Day. Horses and wagons are traveling down the street. The Bridgeport Hotel and the post office are on the right side. ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down road towards three workers standing on the porch of an auto repair shop. The shop offers Red Crown Gasoline, Peerless Motor Oil, and Firestone ti... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A cottage with a "Hill-Side" sign. An outhouse is to the right of the cottage. There is a path up the hill on the left. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A gasoline station and repair garage at the intersection of an unpaved road. |
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| Description: | Exterior of a gas station/restaurant and the entrance to the Triangle Tourist Park. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from road of gas station and "dine and dance" restaurant on Highway US-18/US-12, outside the Triangle Tourist Park. The establishment offers ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View down path along rough road towards a building labeled "No. 4". The De Soto Depot, railroad tracks, a boxcar, and the Mississippi River are below on th... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down double set of railroad tracks with the De Soto depot on the left and the Mississippi River on the right. A car is parked at the depot, and bluffs... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railway line towards the Endeavor Depot. A man stands near carts, milk cans and barrels near the depot, ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two men are riding on a cucumber harvesting machine called the "Pickle Harvester" as labeled on the center between two lights. The man on the right, wearin... |
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