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| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the Wellingon Hotel and Cafe at 142 Fourth Avenue. A portion of the Al. Ringling Theatre is on the right; the Methodist Church i... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Charles Enge, seventh from left, and supporters pose in front of the Al. Ringling Theatre. A sign on top of a car advertises his campaign for the Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A deteriorating, large, two-story building with Greek revival features, which may have served as an inn or hotel. The windows are boarded up or broken and ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across field towards two airplanes sitting in front of the hangar at the Lake Delton Airport. The sign on the hangar identifies W.J. Newman as the own... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Hawkins Service Station, located at 309 Seventh Avenue. The station has a pagoda style roof typical of stations designed between 1917 and 1930 by Alexande... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A group of eight men pose in the back of a room against a row of windows in a machine shop. There are overhead belts that power a row of grind stones; meta... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A parade float decorated with bunting, a large, 48-star American flag, and a mounted elk's head is parked in front of the Baraboo Elks Lodge. The large st... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | An interior view of an unidentified farm supply store and International dealership, with banners advertising McCormick-Deering farm implements and tractors... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Philbrick Garage, a Ford dealership and Cities Service filling station located at 207 Third Avenue. A sign advertises Quaker State ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Five women look at a window display at the Schweke Brothers Store, 129 Third Street, which occupied the 1910 Risley Brothers Building. A man sits in the dr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Pete Sprecher's Cafe and Bar on Water Street. A sign identifies the entrance to Pearl's Garden Dining Room. There are two benches and a penny weight machi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from road of large two-story house which has been converted to a funeral home. The two-story structure has a large porch and brick on the first story,... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The storefront of the J.C. Penney store, 127 Third Street. There are summer clothes, hats, and shoes for men and women in the display windows. There is a h... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men and a woman pose in front of the L.C. Welch Plumbing and Heating store, 137 Third Avenue. There are signs advertising Maytag and Shellane, "compres... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Five men and three women, employees of City Food Mart, pose in front of the store at 124 Third Street. Signs identify the store as "Baraboo's Newest Comple... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Exterior from street of the Schwartz Farm Equipment building, 135 Third Avenue. Show windows in the one-story brick building feature an International truck... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The interior of a small food market with produce, beverages, canned goods and coolers. This appears to be the City Food Mart. There is a decorative pressed... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the interior of Ryan Hickethier & Co., a "Sears Associated Store" 132 Fourth Avenue. Kenmore appliances, Silvertone radios, and floor swee... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | The parts counter and display at a General Motors dealership. Merchandise on display includes parts and accessories by Buick, Chevrolet, and Prestone, as ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A plumbing showroom with tiled model kitchen and bathroom displays. There are oil burning heaters, water heaters, and water softeners also displayed. |
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