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Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View of unpaved Main Street, with horse-drawn vehicles along the curbs.
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Kissel Motor Car Company

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Kissel Motor Car Company. The elevated view shows the factory buildings, water towers, railroad cars and track. A dirigib...
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Diefenthaler & Co. General Store

Date: 1911
Description: View of A. Diefenthaler's General Store and the building next to it. A man is standing near a horse and buggy parked in the street. Freight cars are behind...
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Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View down Main Street, which is lined with businesses. City Hall is on the right, and a dentist's office is across the street on the left. Caption reads: "...
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Kissel Motor Car Co.

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the Kissel auto plant in between the railroad and the river. A dirigible and bi-plane have been cut and pasted onto the image. Caption rea...
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First National Bank

Date: 1907
Description: View towards the front of the First National Bank, a red limestone building with large arched windows flanking the arched entrance. A row of four arched wi...
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Buster Brown at the High School

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered for the arrival of Buster Brown at the high school. Buster is in the backseat of a roadster.
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Holy Hill and Surrounding Area

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Description: Watercolor reproduction, with key, of the area surrounding Holy Hill (19.) which is at top center, and below are Lake Keesus (J.) and the town of Merton (1...
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Hillside Hotel

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a wood frame hotel with a long porch. Caption reads: "Hillside Hotel, Holy Hill, Wis. B. Heileman, Prop."
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Main Street

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Description: View of Main Street, with storefronts, and the Jackson State Bank. A horse-drawn buggy is parked on the side of the bank. Caption reads: "Main Street, Jack...
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Jackson State Bank

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Description: Black and white photographic view of the bank building. Two men are standing on the front steps, and a buggy parked on the left side. Caption reads: "Jacks...
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West End Jackson

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Description: View of Jackson from across the railroad tracks. The depot is on the left. A "Look Out for Cars" sign is at the railroad crossing. Caption reads: "West End...
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Main Street

Date: 1851
Description: Elevated view of a central street lined with businesses. Automobiles are parked at the curbs. There is a large building with columns on the left near an op...
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Main Street

Date: 1914
Description: Photographic postcard view down unpaved Main Street. There is a print shop and a hotel on the left, and a dentist's office and a barber shop on the right. ...
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Looking North on Fond du Lac Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards a block lined with businesses. The Eagle Hotel on the left, and horse-drawn vehicles are on the right. Caption reads: "Looking N...
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Railroad St. Looking North from City Hall

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Description: Elevated view of a street next to the train depot. A train is on the left, and a mill and grain company is in the background. Caption reads: "Railroad St. ...
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Eagle Hotel and Rosenheimer's General Store

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a city block, with a store, a hotel and a few other businesses. Horses and buggies are parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Ea...
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Birchwood Cornet Band

Date: 1911
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a band, wearing their uniforms and holding their instruments. The band is posed on the lawn in front of the porch of a house, and...
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Gonring's Resort, Big Cedar Lake

Date: 1930
Description: View across water towards a hotel on the lake. There is a large slide at the shoreline in the center, and near a long building on the left is what may be a...
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P.J. Kurtz, General Merchandise

Date: 08 03 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "P.J. Kurtz, Genl. Merchandise, Pleasant Hill, Wis." A man, woman and a young boy wearing a hat are posing in front of the store entra...

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