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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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Learning to Shoe Horses

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Description: Men conscripted to learn horseshoeing pose together at the American Express Company. A horse is partially visible on the left side of the image. Rows of ho...
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City View

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Description: Elevated view of the city with a river in the foreground.
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Burnham & Post Billhead

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Description: Billhead of Burnham & Post of Milwaukee, a livery and boarding stable, with a side view of a horse outfitted with a saddle and bridle.
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Catholic Church and Parsonage

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of Catholic Church, including parsonage and grounds.
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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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Preston Church

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Description: Wooden church with a bell tower and a stable in the back on the right. Fences and fields are in the background.
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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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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1909
Description: Three-quarter view of the front and side of the M.E. Church, which is a wood frame building. Above the entrance is a bell tower with a weather vane. Near t...
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Stable Constructed of Logs

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of a stable constructed out of logs, and covered with branches, near Arkhangelsk, Russia. There is a wood building on the far right, and t...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down center of Main Street which is unpaved. A young girl wearing a bonnet is standing in the road on the right, near another child standing at the co...
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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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Catholic Parsonage

Date: 1913
Description: View from street of front of parsonage, a large two-story house with a gabled roof and a porch. There is a garden and stable behind the parsonage, and in t...
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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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