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| Date: | 05 16 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a two-floor school building with a covered front entrance underneath a bell tower. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "School B... |
| Date: | 05 15 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a poster promoting Bruce with seven photographs. The fairgrounds, Main Street, farm scene, Catholic Church, Chippewa River bridge,... |
| Date: | 04 1906 |
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| Description: | View of West Park Drive. Wooden railings line the road and a wooden walkway is on the right. A man wearing a cap is driving an automobile across the drive.... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a church with cemetery and farmhouses and rolling hills in the distance. Caption reads: "Ashippun, Wis." |
| Date: | 08 1909 |
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| Description: | View of trees and dirt road in Oak Park. Caption reads: "Oak Park, Army Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 07 03 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a tornado that destroyed a farm. Caption reads: "Berlin Wis., Cyclone, July 3, '07 — Wightman's House and Ba... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of George, Louise, and Milton, their son, standing in front of a fence. They are traveling with one suitcase and a full handbag. All three a... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards the Fox River, with a farm in the foreground. The farm has a windmill with a sign on it that reads: "Kilbourn Steel Mill," ... |
| Date: | 10 21 1905 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Random Lake, Wisconsin," "A Shady Nook on Random" and "East Shore Point." The postcard has design elements and two images of the lake... |
| Date: | 08 18 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lake Court Oreilles, Reserve Wis." A man in a rowboat looks out over the lake from a tree lined bay. |
| Date: | 10 23 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene Near Rice Lake, Wis." Five lumberjacks pose with a load of logs on a sled pulled by horses. Two skids lean against the logs. Th... |
| Date: | 07 26 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tunnel No. 2, Norwalk, Wis." A locomotive is coming through a short tunnel, the sky can be seen on the other side. The entrance to th... |
| Date: | 08 13 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tabernacle, Evangelical Camp Grounds, Lomira, Wis." Adults and children pose in front of the Tabernacle at the Evangelical Camp Groun... |
| Date: | 09 14 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Devils [sic] Lake, Baraboo, Wis." An elevated view of the lake from the bluffs. Trees and rocks are on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Pine River." A river scene with a boat tied up to a birch tree on the left. Trees are on the shoreline. There are either two birds st... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Long Lake, Saxeville, Wis." An elevated view of the lake framed by trees. The far shore can be seen in the distance. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "West End, Long Lake, Saxeville, Wis." View of a lake with marshland plants in the foreground. A dock, boat and trees are on the right... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene on Long Lake, Saxeville, Wis." A dock is on the shore of a lake with a large tree overhead. One person is on the dock, another ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Clam Lake From Camp Northland, Siren, Wis." Four people are in a rowboat and two more are fishing at the end of the pier. Several more rowb... |
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