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Filter: Subject of Signs and signboards
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
Filter: Creator Name of Gillett, Sherwin
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the central business district. The Avoca Cooperative Company is on the street corner on the left. Three men congregate near a car parked a... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down platform of people waiting outside the train depot. A train is approaching the terminal on one set of tracks, and a number of train cars are on a... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road line with trees and houses on the right side. On the left side are commercial buildings, and in the far background is a steep hill. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. Osward's restaurant is on the far left. The post office and a plumbing shop are on the right. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of bank building with empty lots on either side. The wording on the door reads, "Banking Hours 9 to 4." A "Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance" sig... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road. There is a millinery, dentist's office, drug store, Elsen House ice cream, and meat market. There are horse-drawn carriages on either ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down road looking toward an intersection. There is a restaurant and a drugstore on the right. Cars are parked on both sides of the street. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down a street, where automobiles are parked along both sides of the road. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk on the left in front of storefronts and the ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street looking west. On these blocks there is a restaurant, rug store, post office, and Farmers State Bank. Automobiles are parked on both s... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down street towards a Ford sales and service center on the left, and a canning factory in the background. A man stands near a parked car, and behind h... |
| Date: | 04 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the wood trellis fence and columns that frame the entrance gate to the Silver-Dale Resort. A group of people are sitting on the porch of a refreshm... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Filling station with attendant standing outside near two pumps. There is a stand with signs advertising Old Gold cigarettes, 5 cent vegetable sandwiches, P... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from across road of a grocery store and gas station, with a home next door. The store features two pumps and advertises Deep Rock motor oil, Coca-Cola... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across road of a two-story home located on a corner lot at 330 5th Avenue. There are signs on the lawn advertising rooms for tourists. A man is standi... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. There is an information center offering gas, food, and Blatz beer. Two storekeepers and a boy sit on the p... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of two-seat lawn swings amid trees on a lawn. Cabins are along a hill in the background. There is an information center on the far left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A man and his dog are on the lawn in front of a house. A wooden sign reads, "Cottage and Rooms for Rent." Another sign below advertises for "N.F. Sherman 2... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View of a train approaching the depot. Two men stand alongside the train. Heavy smoke from the train causes a fog cloud. |
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