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Men Posed with Stagecoach and International Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Six men posed with a stage coach and an International F-31 truck in front of the Circle Route Stage Line and Beaumont Stables storefront. The line ran from...
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Mrs. Charles Van Schaick on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Charles Van Schaick, posing on horseback, is riding past the livery stable. It was unusual for women at this time to ride horseback.
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Man with Horse Team and Wagon

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Description: Man driving team and wagon from livery stable. On the right is a ramp at the side of a building, which possibly leads to the paint shop owned by John Grube...
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Freight Team

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Description: A view of a sixteen horse freight team. In the background are a livery and feed stable, along with a harness shop. Caption reads: "16 Horse Freight Team, L...
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Standpipe & Fire Department

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Description: A tall standpipe, also known as a water tower, next to a fire department. Stables are at the street level and a bell is on the roof. Caption reads: "Stand ...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down Main Street. On the right is a general store, and Livery/Hardware building with horse-drawn carts parked in the street in front. A group of men a...
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General Store

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Description: View across street of the General Store. A group of five men, two women, and three children are standing in front. with a windmill is in the back and a sta...
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1912
Description: View from road of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The double doorway has an arched window above it, and another circular window with a decorative fr...
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Auditorium Hotel

Date: 1911
Description: The Auditorium Hotel, a three-story building with a turret and stairs to the main floor entrances. A wrap-around balcony is on the main floor. Barrels unde...
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LaCrosse Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down middle of unpaved Main Street. There are large trees along the sidewalk on the left. Businesses line both sides of the street, and there is a sta...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the central business district in a rural community. A group of people on the landing of a store. A cart with a pair of horses at hitching post.
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Clowns at Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: A line of clowns and assorted pantomime animals dressed up for Cheese Day. The animals include; a horse, a woodchuck, a bear, a giraffe and an elephant. A ...
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German Evangelical Church

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Description: Three-quarter view of the German Evangelical Church, which has a belfry, and a steeple with a weather vane and lightning rod. There are arched windows on t...
Postcard

Cassville, Wisconsin

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Description: Colorized, elevated view of Cassville with the Mississippi River in the background. A church and dwellings are in the foreground.
Postcard

Main Street Looking North

Date: 08 30 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view looking down Main Street. A hotel and livery are on the left, with another hotel and jewelry store on the right. Automobiles and...
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View of the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. There are pedestrians on the snowy street below. Buildings and dwellings line the streets. In the backgro...
Postcard

Hotel and Feed Barn

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Description: Photographic postcard of view across muddy road of a man wearing a suit and standing on the porch of the two-story Hotel and Feed Barn. Two signs next to h...
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Exterior View of Unidentified Residence

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Description: Exterior view from street of a two-story wooden house with a surrounding picket fence. There are farm buildings in the background.
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Residence of William Peterson and Mose Pauquette

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Description: View from across street of two wooden houses. The house on the left is identified as the residence of Commodore Mason, William Peterson, and Mose Pauquette...
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Building on the Corner of First and Fillmore

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a group of men and women, probably Native Americans, posing sitting and standing in front of Building #88 on the northea...

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