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Fireman's Hall

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Description: Front view of the multi-story brick Fireman's Hall. A tower with a lookout at the top extends from the roof. A forested hill and dwellings appear in the ...
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Public School

Date: 1921
Description: View up hill of two men standing at the entrance of the public school. There is a hand-pump near the entrance, and a bell tower on the roof of the school.
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Street Scene

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Description: Elevated view of streets, stores, the Bank of Bisbee, and dwellings built into the hillside. Pedestrians, automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible...
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Church

Date: 02 1978
Description: Elevated view of the town's elaborate brick church featuring a central steeple.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down street with three or four commercial buildings. On the right is a sign for a telephone pay station on a two-story clapboard building, and behind ...
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Post Office

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Description: View across street of a group of men standing on the wooden sidewalk in front of the post office/general store. Above the door is a sign for the "Post Offi...
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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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Depot and Yards

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Description: View towards depot of a train pulling up to the platform. A group of men are on the far left behind the depot. Metal parts, firewood and wooden crates are ...
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Methodist Evangelical and Catholic Churches

Date: 1909
Description: View down unpaved road towards three churches in a row. The M.E. and Catholic Churches are brick buildings with arched windows, belfry, and steeples. A sma...
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Public School

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of a small brick public school on a hillside. There is a bell in a small bell tower above the entrance.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down center of unpaved street in the central business district. On the left is a clothing store and school supply shop, and a drinking fountain and la...
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Looking South on Main Street

Date: 1929
Description: View down middle of Main Street paved with cobblestones. There is a railroad crossing at the far end, and the ridge of a hill in the far background. A barb...
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High School

Date: 1915
Description: View of front and part of left side of the high school. The large brick building features arched windows, a belfry and a flagpole on the roof.
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Public School

Date: 1925
Description: View of a public school on a hilltop, which is a one-story brick building with a chimney and a belfry.
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Jackson County Jail and Sheriff Residence

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Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a brick building. There are two men posing standing near the corner of the building on the right. The structure is ...
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Powerhouse in Hatfield

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Description: Outdoor view across snow-covered ground towards a large brick building surrounded. There is a hill in the background. Location identified as the powerhouse...
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Winter Entrepreneur

Date: 1973
Description: View down hill towards a boy kicking at a door to see if they want their walk shoveled after a snowfall.
Postcard

High School, West Front

Date: 09 08 1923
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, West Front, Sheboygan, Wis." The school was named Sheboygan High School from 1922-1938, then Sheboygan Central High Scho...
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High School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, Strum, Wis." A two-story brick high school building with a belfry. There is a hill behind it with trees.
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Dam and Electric Power Plant

Date: 01 07 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Dam and Electric Power Plant, Watertown, Wis." The Watertown Electric Company Power Plant #1 was built in 1909 of cream brick. Rollin...

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