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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of unpaved street. A sign on the building on the left corner reads: "The Upham & Russell Co. Hardware and Metals". A barber's pole is on t...
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G.H. Goldrick General Merchandise Store

Date: 08 24 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of the entrance to the G.H. Goldrick General Merchandise store. Trees and a flier-covered telephone pole can also be seen. Signs on t...
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Hotel Carley

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the Hotel Carley. Two women are sitting on the far left steps of the hotel. One man is sitting in a chair near the entrance, ...
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Main Street Looking North from Wausau Street

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized postcard view down center of unpaved street in the central business district of a small town. A group of people are gathered in front of the shop...
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H. Smith Sample Room

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view across street towards the Herman Smith Saloon storefront, with a man and two dogs on the sidewalk in front. A horse and buggy ar...
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North Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of a street scene, with businesses on the left. A group of people are standing on the porch of the corner store. A man is standing near a hor...
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Oshkosh Trading Post

Date: 1935
Description: Two men and a woman are walking from a parked automobile toward the covered porch of the Oshkosh Trading Post, a low, log building on the Menominee Indian ...
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Alta Belle Franklin

Date: 1918
Description: Alta Belle Franklin standing on the boardwalk outside of her father, Jerome Francis Franklin Jr.'s, Drug Store. She is wearing a dress, coat and hat. Text ...
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Jerome Francis Franklin, Sr. and Family

Date: 1916
Description: The extended Franklin family posing in front of a store (possibly the family owned Drug Store or Hardware Store) with messages wishing Perry Small Franklin...
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Jerome Francis Franklin Sr.

Date: 1918
Description: Jerome Francis Franklin Sr. poses in front of the family Drug Store and Eland Post Office. He was postmaster in Eland for many years on and off, also Justi...
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Nola Franklin and Doll

Date: 1918
Description: Nola Franklin (daughter of Jerome Francis Franklin Jr.) holding a baby doll. It is summer and she is standing in front of the Franklin Hardware Store and E...
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Greetings from Shawano

Date: 1970
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wisconsin." View of South Main Street with many businesses and automobiles parked at the curb. Heinz Drug on ...
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Main Street

Date: 02 05 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." An unpaved street lined with businesses. The signs read: "Shawano County Journal", "Repair Shop," "Restau...
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Main Street

Date: 07 02 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Shawano, Wis." Slightly elevated view of a parade featuring an ornate circus wagon which is pulled by eight horses. The ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Scene, Shawano, Wis." Horse-drawn buggies are traveling on a street lined with businesses, with pedestrians on the sidewalks. Sig...
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Bird's-Eye View of Tigerton

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Birdseye View, Tigerton, Wis." View of the town with railroad tracks and unpaved streets. Many streets have sidewalks or boardwalks, ...
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Street Scene in Tigerton

Date: 01 18 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Tigerton, Wis." Pedestrians are on the sidewalks, boardwalks and in the unpaved street of the town. Storefronts and businesses line t...
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Street Scene in Tigerton

Date: 04 01 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Tigerton, Wis." Storefronts and businesses line the unpaved street. A woman is standing on the stoop in front of a store on the right...

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