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Opera House

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Description: View across unpaved road towards the Opera House, with a man high up on a telephone pole in front of the building. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "O...
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Hoo Hoo Club Hotel

Date: 04 24 1910
Description: The Hoo Hoo Club Hotel, a lumbermen's social organization. Two men are standing near a man driving a sled carrying milk cans pulled by two horses in front ...
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Sauk County Courthouse

Date: 1905
Description: View towards a street corner. A dog and a man are standing in the street near a family sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. Snow is on the ground. Behind the...
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Peterson Block

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men with children are standing outside a storefront on the Peterson Block in Emerald. Caption reads: "Petersons Block, Emerald Wis".
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Superior Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Superior Avenue, with the Tomah Hardware store in the left foreground. A number of pedestrians and horse-drawn sleds and vehicles are in t...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Winter Scene at Little Rib

Date: 01 25 1911
Description: Photomontage of a winter scene with men fishing on a frozen lake. Two men pull on the line attached to the fish's mouth, while one holds an axe above its h...
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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1910
Description: Holiday postcard of two children. The boy is tooting a horn and the girl is playing a drum. They are both wearing folded paper sailor hats, and the boy wea...
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Holiday Card with Santa, His Sleigh and a Horse

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus loading his sleigh. A single white horse is hitched to the sleigh and is eating out of a nosebag. There is a gold bell on t...
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A Joyful Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus sledding down a snow-covered hill on a toboggan with a sack of toys on his back. He is wearing his traditional red hat wi...
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 07 12 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Below is the handwritten text: "Norwegian Lutheran Church, Boscobel, Wis."
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Group of Workers Posing Outdoors

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Description: Photographic postcard of a group of workers, all men, and one boy, posing outside of a wooden building. Three of the workers wear white aprons. Four of the...
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Main Street

Date: 11 22 1913
Description: Elevated view down Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons line both sides of the road which is covered with puddles, mud and snow. Caption reads: "Main Street, Al...
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English Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 02 20 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the one-story, white English Methodist Church with belfry and steeple. Snow covers the street outside the church. ...
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Mill Street

Date: 08 04 1920
Description: Photographic postcard of Mill Street. Town businesses, including a clothing and tailoring store, line the right side of the street looking towards a reside...
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Congregational Church

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the church. The church structure includes a two-level, square belfry with a pointed steeple. A horse-drawn sled is sitting ou...
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Clermont Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view of downtown looking down Clermont Street. The two-story First National Bank is on the right among other businesses and a church ...
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Santa Driving a Car

Date: 12 21 1909
Description: Embossed postcard with a drawing of Santa Claus wearing driving goggles and driving an automobile. A Christmas tree and several toys are loaded in the back...
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Three Boys with Wagon in Snow

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Description: Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding...
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Santa and Girl in Sleigh

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Description: Photographic postcard of Santa and a young girl, Mary Jane Turner, in his sleigh. Her head is next to his and her arm is around his shoulders. Reindeer can...
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Dog Pulling Sled

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard of T.J. Thompson seated on a sled pulled by his dog. He traveled among the lumber camps between Winter and Raddison, selling watches and...

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