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| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the central business district. The street is lined with businesses and street lamps. A man and a dog are in front of the bank on... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a small guest cottage with screened porch. A sign on the side of the cottage reads: "Minnows for Sale," and a man is standing under the la... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Carl Bohnsack (left) and August Marquardt sitting on a bench outside a jewelry store. They are wearing hats and suits. Pocket watches are on display in the... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of men and women dressed in clothing of the mid-nineteenth century posing at the side of a Baraboo Street. Most of the wom... |
| Date: | 05 27 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of more than 70 draftees poses on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse on the day they left Baraboo for Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Most... |
| Date: | 07 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Fred C. Gollmar, 93, doffing his hat while riding in the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. He is a founder of the Gollmar Brothers Circus along ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View from rear of a crowd of people watching circus wagons passing by on a dirt road at Circus World Museum. Two horses are pulling a blue wagon with red a... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A man and woman are standing near a child riding a llama, with a young girl on the right standing and holding the llama's lead. In the background, people a... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of steam trains and railroad cars on the North Freedom Railroad at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Cars are in the parking lot on the right... |
| Date: | 11 1922 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted exterior view of the covered entryway to St. Mary's Ringling Hospital. A sign hanging on the building reads: "Do Not Park Here", and an America... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved road going through a settlement. A meat market with a public telephone is on the left, with a group of people gathered on the sidewalk in... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill looking north, showing the grounds of the Circus World historic site, with visiting crowd. On display are several train cars and wa... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Two boys wearing jackets and knit hats are riding light-colored horses in town. Behind them is a sign overhead rows of automobiles that reads: "Used Cars.... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Two bicyclists on 10-speeds. They are wearing matching jackets and pants, with knit caps. The bikes have front bags on the handle bars. Note the price of g... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Amos and Andy, Gene Murray's Ox Team, Reedsburg, Wis." Mr. Murray posing with his oxen team and covered wagon. Text on the wagon cove... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Text handwritten on right: "Wis. River Bridge, Sauk City, Wis." A view straight through the bridge girders to the opposite side. Signs can be seen on the o... |
| Date: | 08 14 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lovers Lane, Sauk City, Wis." An unpaved, rural road with a wooden guard rail on both sides. A sign reads: "Automobiles Go Slow." Beh... |
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