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Mill, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of a mill, with several figures and horse-drawn vehicles located around it. Caption reads: "Sauk City Mills."
Book or Pamphlet

State University in Madison

Date: 1874
Description: State University (University of Wisconsin), Madison.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1874
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute) near Madison.
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: Main Street from the Park Hotel.
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Masonic Temple Grand Lodge

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Description: View of the stone Norman style Masonic Temple Grand Lodge and its tower. A statue of General John Fulton Reynolds on horseback is in the square in front o...
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Dixon House Square

Date: 1905
Description: Street scene of Dixon House Square. Caption reads: "Dixon House Square, Westerly, R.I."
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Business District

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of East Broadway, a wide road in the business district. The street has tall stone and brick buildings as well as broad sidewalks. Many horse...
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Horse-Drawn Wagons Outside Church at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 11 1917
Description: Horse-drawn wagons outside a large church with belfry in a town along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The original caption reads: "tower of 300 year old church...
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City Square

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Description: Elevated view of a city square, taken at the end of the nineteenth century. People, carriages, automobiles, and streetcars are in the street. The Merchants...
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Granby Street

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Description: Buildings, pedestrians on Granby Street at an intersection. Electrical street lighting arches above. Virginia National Bank, a Neo-Classical Revival buildi...
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Street Scene

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Description: Street scene featuring carriages, pedestrians, and storefronts.
Photograph

Ohio Street Scene

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Description: View looking down Street. On the left corner, Sedalia Trust Company (built in 1890) features a corner entrance with stone columns. Caption reads: "Ohio Str...
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Bandstand in the Park

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Description: Pedestrians walk through a park past a bandstand and trees. The Park Building can be seen behind them, built in 1914. To its right stands Lee Savings Bank.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View looking down Main Street. Shops and businesses line both sides of the street including the P.J. Wossenburger Hotel, city livery, bakery and harness sh...
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First National Bank of Ashland Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the First National Bank of Ashland, with a three-quarter view of the bank building and a street scene with several horse-drawn carriages and wa...
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Dodgeville Bank Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Dodgeville (State) Bank, with a front view of the bank building. There is a datestone at the top of the bank building that reads: "1895" ...
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Dan Head & Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of Dan Head & Company, bankers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the bank building. People are standing in front of the entrance...
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Marathon County Bank Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Marathon County Bank, of Wausau, Wisconsin, organized in 1875, with clouds and rays around the name of the bank. Features a three-quarter...
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Pierce Simmons & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Banking House of Pierce Simmons & Company of Red Wing, Minnesota, with a view of the front of the bank building. People are walking or st...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View down street in the central business district. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curbs. Businesses line the street on both side...

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