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Cigarette Sales

Date: 06 1981
Description: Winnebago Enterprises trailer, advertising drive-up cigarette sales.
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Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Al. Ringling Theatre.
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Butterfield Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: Construction workers stand in front of the Butterfield covered bridge.
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Al. Ringling Theater

Date: 1950
Description: View across street of the Al. Ringling Theater with a Studebaker pickup truck in the foreground. There is a hardware store on the right.
Postcard

Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 
Description: Exterior of the Al. Ringling Theater. Caption reads: "Al Ringling Theatre, Baraboo, Wis."
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Far View School

Date: 1956
Description: View of the front of Far View School.
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Wisconsin House

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Wisconsin House. The brick portion was erected in about 1850. The entire building was razed by 1915, before the Ringling Theatre was buil...
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Devil's Lake Chateau

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Description: View of the chateau with flagpole win front. Underneath the flagpole is a plaque commemorating Wilbur William Warner, whose boyhood home was located within...
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Demonstration at Badger Ammunition Plant

Date: 03 25 1966
Description: Anti-Vietnam War protestors demonstrate outside the Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Baraboo.
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Baraboo Carnegie Free Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Baraboo Carnegie Free Library. The library opened in 1903 and Andrew Carnegie donated $15,000. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carn...
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Baraboo Carnegie Free Library

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Description: Exterior view of front entrance, framed by two trees, of the Baraboo Carnegie Free Library. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carnegie Free Library." On t...
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Street Scene

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Description: View features a dirt street, horse-drawn wagons, storefronts, and several pedestrians walking on the sidewalk bordering the street. In the background is a ...
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Street Scene with Opera House

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Description: View features a dirt street, an opera house on the right, storefronts, horse-drawn vehicles, several pedestrians walking on the sidewalks bordering the str...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View features a dirt street, dwellings, a horse-drawn vehicle, sidewalks, power lines, and many trees. In the background is a hill with what appears to be ...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1911
Description: View down railroad tracks of a depot and yards in Ableman. The depot is in the background, among other industrial and commercial buildings.
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Business Block

Date: 1911
Description: View from street of a business block in Ableman. There is a storefront with umbrellas displayed in the show window, and what appears to be a hammock is han...
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Motorcycle Police in Front of Badger Ordnance Sign

Date: 1944
Description: Motorcycle police at the Badger Ordnance plant in Baraboo, Wisconsin, between 1942 and 1945. These men patrolled the fence line of the plant. One of the gu...
Postcard

Oak Street

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard view from street in the central business district. The street is lined with businesses, and a few have awnings over their storefronts...
Postcard

Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the theater. There are posters in front of the entrance. A current attraction is George Fawcett in "The Frame...
Postcard

High Bridge

Date: 
Description: Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of central Baraboo from across the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "High Bridge, Baraboo, Wis."

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