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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street, looking eastward. A drugstore and the Stevens Point Journal offices are on the right. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking East, Steve... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street with commercial buildings. Caption reads: "St. Scene, Bancroft, Wis." |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | A gasoline station along US Highway 51 in Whiting, Portage County, attracted passing motorists with an attention-getting "gas for less" sign. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Flying A service station located on US Highway 51 in Whiting, Portage County. |
| Date: | 07 28 1970 |
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| Description: | Traffic on Stevens Point's Second Street. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Whiting-Plover Paper Company mill. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the University of Wisconsin library with two individuals sitting on its front steps. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the opera house with several men standing near its entrance. Caption reads: "Grand Opera House, Stevens Point, Wis." |
| Date: | 05 18 1936 |
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| Description: | A Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew at work laying a stone terrace in Stevens Point. |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | During his meetings with constituents Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin often used charts and graphs to make his points about public policy issues. He... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street with puddles along the side of the street. Trucks and automobiles are traveling down the street, and are parked on the left. A restaura... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | View of a street in downtown Stevens Point. Model T's are parked along the curbs. Children are standing near the cars on both sides of the street. |
| Date: | 09 1976 |
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| Description: | A man is carving a face onto a log using a chainsaw. Other men are looking at chainsaws displayed on a pile of birch tree logs. A sign on a trailer behind ... |
| Date: | 10 27 1970 |
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| Description: | Democrat Patrick J. Lucey speaking from a podium as his Republican opponent in the race for Governor of Wisconsin, Lt. Gov. Jack Olson, sitting at right, i... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Soo Line Depot, Stevens Point, Wis." The depot was built in 1918 of brick in the Prairie School style. There are pedestrians on the p... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Main St. looking West, Stevens Point, Wis." A busy, unpaved street crowded with horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians on the... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "U.S. Post Office, Stevens Point, Wis." Exterior view from street of the Post Office on a street corner, built in 1919. Women and chil... |
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