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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | View down street of the downtown business district, including Woolworth's (left side) and Actor's Rexall Drug Store (right side). Caption reads: "Greetings... |
| Date: | 09 01 1882 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the special train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad comprised of 24 freight cars loaded with lumber and other ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of commercial buildings. One of the buildings has a sign painted on the side that reads: "Fleming's Jewelry Store." Several of the buildings have awni... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a main throughfaire, with buildings lining each side of the street, with many pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, a clock hanging from a ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the hotel. Two people are in the entry on the corner, and a few people stroll on the sidewalk. Cable car tracks line the road out ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Eau Claire House on the southeast corner of Eau Claire and S. Barstow Streets. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Tearing down Eau Claire House to make way for the Y.M.C.A. building. A man is standing on the roof. A sign in the street reads, in part: "Electric Light He... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Original part built in 1856, where the present Eau Claire House stands. It was later moved to another site and eventually torn down to make room for the Y.... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | The first Eau Claire House built in 1856. It burned down in 1875. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Front view of the inn. Several men and women are either standing or sitting on the balcony, and several people are standing on the porch under the balcony.... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Three or four-story brick building, with a "Drug Book Store" sign at the front, and a stair wrapping around the side of the building up to a balcony. A man... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large building on a street corner. There is a small "Post Office" sign on the right side of the building, and a larger "FURNITURE" sign ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Wheeler house with a car parked in front. The sign in front of the house reads: "Proposed location for the new YMCA building." The house ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of the town and Chippewa river, with a steamboat in the center along the riverbank. A smaller boat is next to the steamboat, with a man standing eithe... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Water street, before the fire of the 1880's, from the corner of Fifth avenue, looking east with storefronts and fire engine house. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Eau Claire House, with a horse-drawn omnibus in front. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the International Harvester branch house. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A collection of end stamp patterns used to identify the owners of logs, as exhibited in the Paul Bunyan Camp Museum in Carson Park. |
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