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W.C.T.U. Temple

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U) Temple. The temple is a simple building with a tower with a weather vane above the main e...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of a two-story public school. The basement windows are broken. A tree and a house are on the left in the background. Stacks of fuelwood are o...
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view from across street of the church. It has a bell steeple, stained glass windows, double french doors with an archway, and a wall gable facade....
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Congregational Church

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the church. The building features a bell steeple, stained glass windows, and double front doors. There is a fenced lot and a barn to the l...
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Lutheran Church

Date: 1925
Description: Street view of the Lutheran Church. The church features stained-glass windows, lancet arched windows and doors and a belfry.
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West Main Street

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Description: View across street of a storefront at a snowy intersection.
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Farmer's Bank

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Description: View from across street of the Farmer's Bank building on a corner. Behind the bank building are wood buildings, one of which has a sign that says, in part,...
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Saloon

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Description: View across road of a man with his horse outside the Bar Room. There is a large circus advertisement with elephants and lions painted on the wall of the bu...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

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Description: Exterior of the Methodist Episcopal Church with bell tower and stained glass windows. To the right of the church is a smaller building, and behind the chur...
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Saint Thomas Church

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of Saint Thomas Church. The brick building features a steeple, arched windows, and double doors. A plaque on the front says: "St. Thomas 1925."
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German Baptist Church

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Description: View from street of German Baptist Church. There is a steeple above the arched entrance.
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Hotel White

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Description: Exterior view of the Hotel White. Four men and one woman are posed on the porch. On the roof of the hotel is a widow's walk.
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High School

Date: 1912
Description: View from drive of the High School and grounds. The building has a gable roof and iron fence detailing around the edge. On the right side of the building i...
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Catholic Church and Parsonage

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

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Norwegian Lutheran Church with steeple. The church has arched stained glass windows in the front and on the sides, and is surrounded b...
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Packwaukee Street Scene

Date: 1926
Description: View down street towards business district. At the t-intersection is a large commercial building with a turret on the second floor. Next door on the right ...
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Petersburg Business District

Date: 1922
Description: View across street of commercial buildings, with a tree-lined hill in the far background. A group of men and women are standing on the porch of the brick b...
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Public School

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Description: View of the public school with two chimneys, a bell tower, and firewood stacked on the porch. The building is reflected in the puddle in the foreground. Be...
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Public School

Date: 1926
Description: Public school and grounds. There is a slide on the lawn on the right. A dirt path leads up to the stairs to the entrance.
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Potosi Congregational Church

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Description: View of the exterior of the Congregational Church, with arched windows and belfry. In the arched window above the doorway it reads: "1891 Cong'l Church." I...

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