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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Four members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, including Mrs. Hazel Miller, the national president, in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Chic...
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Marathon County Courthouse

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Description: View from street of the Marathon County Courthouse, "Bet 3rd and 4th, Jefferson and Scott Streets". Men and women are crossing the snowy streets near parke...
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Main Avenue

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Description: View down Main Avenue, a downtown business district. On the left corner of the avenue stands the Service Trust Company, built in 1925. Men and women cross ...
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Market Street

Date: 1920
Description: View of Market Street, the town's business section. On the right corner stands the Union National Bank, chartered in 1839. Pedestrians can be seen on the s...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 07 01 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. Many people can be seen on the sidewalks and flags decorate the buildings. The street is not paved and several horse-...
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, looking north. Groups of people congregate near storefronts. The stone building at right was constructed in 1891.
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Street Scene, Salinas, California

Date: 1905
Description: View down a city street. Men and women walk past stores, restaurants, and Monterey County Bank, established in 1890.
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Plymouth Harbor and Memorial

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Description: View from Cole's Hill of the Plymouth Rock Monument, a granite canopy built in 1920 to house the Plymouth Rock. The inscription reads, "Erected by the Nat...
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Memorial Day

Date: 1968
Description: "Memorial Day."
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Koecher's Bar

Date: 06 03 1950
Description: "Koecher's Bar on the northwest corner of Milwaukee St. & Mayville St."
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Ithaca Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: Two men and two girls stand at the sidewalk posing for the picture. A third man refuels the parked car.
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Prospect Avenue

Date: 1924
Description: View down Prospect Avenue, with men sitting on a bench by the "Steponet" gas pumps in front of a storefront. A man stands on the sidewalk in front of the b...
Photograph

Sauk City Main Street

Date: 1924
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a soda shop/confectioner, with two women and a baby carriage on the sidewalk in front. Further down is a ch...
Photograph

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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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district. A creamery on the left. A house on the right with a woman in a rocking chair and two children in front. Some men s...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
Photograph

Advance Party of the British Relief Expedition

Date: 1918
Description: British troops with a regimental band marching into a Russian town. Leading the way ahead of the troops are a group of boys, and closer to the large buildi...
Photograph

City Hall Demolition

Date: 1955
Description: View across Mifflin Street, towards Madison City Hall as it is being demolished. On the street women are walking around the construction to get to the side...
Postcard

Portland Place

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Description: Photographic postcard view across intersection towards Portland Place, a five-story stone building. There are pedestrians on the sidewalks on the left and ...
Postcard

Cedarburg Woolen Mills

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Description: Exterior view across street toward two industrial buildings. A group of people are gathered in the street in front. Caption reads: "Cedarburg Woolen Mills,...

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