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Business District

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Description: View from street towards cars parked at an angle in front of storefronts. Signs on the buildings read: "The Gift Shoppe," "Groceries and Meats," "Flambeau ...
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Star Lake and Road

Date: 1948
Description: View from left side of road towards several buildings and a lake on the right. Down the road automobiles are parked outside of a building with a sign that ...
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Street Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard down road toward a building on the right. Signs indicate that the Post Office and Fire Marshall can be found within. Two automobiles ...
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Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view toward buildings along the left on Main Street. A tavern is next to a general store with a gas pump on the corner. Two automobil...
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Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. Businesses line the street, including the Adams Auto Company Dodge-Plymouth, McBride Equipment Company, and McCormick...
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Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view down the street towards the central business district; a post office, a gas pump and a bar. Two cars, a truck and some people ar...
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Street in Bruce

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Description: Color of Main Street. A Ben Franklin store, bank and Texaco Station are on the left. The right side is lined with bars. Cars are parked along both sides of...
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Main Street — Cazenovia

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a Main Street in winter, with a gas pump in the lower left and commercial buildings lining the street. Caption reads: "Main S...
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Scene on Highway 11 — Cross Plains, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view looking down center of dirt highway, with a car approaching. There is a gas station on the right just past a sign reading "Cross...
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Street Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard view down center of street towards a commercial district. There are car dealerships, gas stations and other businesses, with automobi...
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Street Scene ~ Hales Corners

Date: 1936
Description: View of a central business district, with an I.G.A. Grocery Store, a filling station, a Dodge car dealer, and a tavern. Automobiles are parked at the curb....
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Lily, Wis.

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the road through a small settlement. A dwelling and a service station are on the right. A general store on the left is on the...
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First National Bank

Date: 1931
Description: View across intersection towards the corner bank, which is next to a service station. Automobiles are parked at the curb. Caption reads: "First National Ba...
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Bridge Street

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Description: View down Bridge Street which is lined with businesses. Automobiles are parked at an angles along the curbs. Businesses include an electronics (TV/radio) s...
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Hartland & Son Garage

Date: 07 09 1923
Description: Text on front reads: "Hartland & Son Garage, Salem, Wis." A building with an arched roof and square false corners on the front. Many automobiles and trucks...
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Star Lake Store

Date: 01 02 1941
Description: Text on front reads: "Star Lake Store - Star Lake, Wis." J. Mykleby & Son General Merchandise store on an unpaved road with two other dwellings in the dist...
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Hotel Superior Fire

Date: 06 1940
Description: Crowds stand in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. Automobiles are parked at the curb and more people are walking...
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Hotel Superior Fire

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: A crowd of people are standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire com...
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Main Street

Date: 1933
Description: Text on front reads: "Main St., Wild Rose, Wis." Two women are sitting on a bench on the sidewalk under the awning of a restaurant, a trailer is parked at ...
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Post Office and Store

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office and Store, Winnebago, Wis." A corner store and post office with three gas pumps, surrounded by trees. A man leans on his ...

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