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Black River Falls Barbershop

Date: 1895
Description: The interior of a barbershop with customers in chairs and barbers at work. Numerous mirrors, pictures, and lamps are hanging from the walls and ceiling.
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Interior of Barbershop

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Description: Barber shop with customers and shaving mug rack. African American man is probably Frank Lyons.
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Group of Men Sitting near Woodstove

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Description: Interior view of men sitting in rocking chairs around a wood stove, probably inside a hotel/inn.
Postcard

Virginia Ross in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Virginia Ross poses at a table in front of a large stove in the kitchen. Caption reads: "Kitchen at Ross's Tel Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis."
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Come for the Haircut, Stay for the Banjo

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Description: Rube Guyett and George Mandle with banjos in the Guyett Barber Shop.
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Solomon Juneau House

Date: 1976
Description: "Evangeline Koll guides visitors at the Solomon Juneau House."
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Bar Interior

Date: 1908
Description: Two men standing at a bar with a bartender. The back of the bar is mirrored and reflects some of the room, with a wood stove seen in the reflection. A cash...
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Man at Bar Pool Table

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Description: Man standing with his hand on a pool table in the center of a bar with a high ceiling. The bartender leans against the bar on the right. The room is decora...
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Carl Sandburg Poses with Two Guides

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a...
Postcard

The Telephone Exchange

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Description: Color postcard of a female telephone operator at an 1890s era switchboard.
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Interior of Repair Shop

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Description: Interior view of a machine shop, possibly for wagon or vehicle repair. A wood burning stove is on the left. In the center is a bank of drawers and cubby ho...
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Interior of Hendrick's Barbershop

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Description: Interior portrait of a barbershop. Two barbers are standing next to two men, each sitting in a barber's chair. Framed prints and mirrors decorate the walls...
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Telephone Exchange in Laona

Date: 1920
Description: "This picture is of the first telephone exchange that I established in Laona. The girl standing is my youngest daughter. This exchange is still operated in...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Front Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the front parlor, with mannequins of women dressed in period clothing sitting in chairs. Text on reverse reads: "The Front Parlor...
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Old Wade House; Upstairs Sitting Room

Date: 1956
Description: Color postcard of the upstairs parlor, with two women wearing period dress sitting in chairs and reading. Text on reverse reads: "UPSTAIRS SITTING ROOM,...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Kitchen

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the kitchen. A woman wearing period clothing is sitting by a spinning wheel near the woodstove and fireplace. Text on reverse rea...
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Old Wade House; Summer Kitchen

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of a mannequin of a women wearing period dress ironing in the summer kitchen. Dried corn is strung up near the ceiling. Text on reve...
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Old Wade House; Dining Room

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the dining room with the table set with dinnerware. Text on reverse reads: "The Dining Room tables are set with the original iron...
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Old Wade House; Grey Parlor

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Grey Parlor. Text on reverse reads: "The Grey Parlor with the adjoining bedroom beyond the open door was the Hollis Wade suit...
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Wade House; Ballroom

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Wade House ballroom. Text on reverse reads: "The Ballroom was the scene of dances, concerts, shows and lectures, a social cen...

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