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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks with a view of a railroad station and a Western Union telegraph office. Men are standing on the porch of the railroad station, ... |
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| Description: | Man, possibly Milton J. Harphold, sitting at a telegraph desk in the railroad switch tower. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view down Depot Street. Business signs read: "Watkins Drug Co." and "We serve Odom's Ice Cream made in Macon sold everywhere." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of the business district. Signs read: "United Fruit and Cigar Store" and "Wrigley's P.K. chewing sweet." |
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| Description: | View of the First Street business district looking east. Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street. Business signs read: "Bank" "Drug Store," ... |
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| Description: | Two women and two young boys pose in front of the Koss Depot, which also serves as a post office and telegraph office. |
| Date: | 04 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman stands outside of the Western Union office at 650 State Street. She is next to a Western Union sign and several bicycles, and there is snow on the ... |
| Date: | 04 1930 |
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| Description: | Three Western Union messenger boys pose with a bicycle in front of the Western Union sign at 650 State Street. There is snow on the ground. The messenger b... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a railroad station at Beaver Lake. Men gather in front of the station on the left where horses and carriages are parked. Signs on the stat... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Chicago and North Western Depot. A group of children are in front of the depot near a cart, and two men work nearby. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. A train rests at the stop while commuters wait to board from the platform. There is a horse to the right... |
| Date: | 06 1942 |
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| Description: | 3rd engineer aboard the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta with a telegraph machine. The engineer is shirtless with a towel around his neck. He... |
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| Description: | View from street of the Standard Oil filling station with Red Crown gasoline pumps. Two attendants are standing near an entrance with a sign for a postal t... |
| Date: | 05 01 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of 16 men, some in suits, some in work clothes, posing with railroad cars from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | 1893 calendar with the months of October and November. Features an illustration of a woman sitting at a desk using a telegraph key, near the words: "The Ca... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Herbert E. Brumder standing near a suitcase, large bag and other parcels resting on the ground at the small Chicago Northwestern Railroad depot at Manitowi... |
| Date: | 10 16 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Court Street, Richland Center, Wis." Pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks of a main street, with many businesses on each side. Se... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Richland Ctr., Wis." Pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks of a main street, with many businesses on each side. A st... |
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