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| Description: | Letterhead of J. Swenholt, postmaster and dealer in general merchandise in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, with an interior view of people shopping and tending to m... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View looking down middle of Main Street. Businesses from left to right include the U.S. Post Office, Tire & Battery Service, Store - Tourist & Supplies, St... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Bonduel, Wisconsin, with a man driving a U.S. R.F.D. mail wagon along a road by a fenced yard, a barn, and a mailbox. Pr... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Rural Route No. 3 in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, with a woman in front of a house retrieving mail from a mailbox and a horse-drawn U.S. R.F.D. ma... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Post Office in Arkansaw, Wisconsin, with a uniformed man on horseback blowing a trumpet with a U.S. Mail banner streaming out of it. The ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Post Office in Porters Mills, Wisconsin, with a man putting mail into post office boxes, a padlocked mail bag that serves as a signboard ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Post Office in Prentice, Wisconsin, with a banner that reads "Post Office" in red letters, and an eagle perched on a shield with stars an... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Post Office at Tigerton, Wisconsin, with a stock Chinoiserie image of a man standing and a woman holding a fan sitting in either a boat o... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Large group portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers showing men, women, and a few children on the front steps of, and in front of, a brick and browns... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Large group portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers Association showing men, women, and a few children on the front steps of, and in front of, a bric... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Large group portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers Association showing men, women, and a few children on the front steps of, and in front of, a bric... |
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| Description: | Men at a railroad station awaiting the arrival of a train in Fremont (later Pray). There is snow on the ground. Two men are standing on a hand-powered rail... |
| Date: | 02 1925 |
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| Description: | Four men with their collars turned up against the cold stand beside the Fayette Tourists Lodge. The Fayette post office was housed in the building. On the ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | An African-American postal carrier is standing on the sidewalk with mail in a rolling cart. He is wearing a winter postal employee uniform and a hat. Behin... |
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| Description: | View from street of the Hotel Lewis and other buildings on along the left. The hotel has a large front porch, with men relaxing in rocking chairs. A mail c... |
| Date: | 12 04 1958 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Journal Editor Roy L. Matson buys stamps from Charles Smythe, wholesale stamp clerk, while Postmaster John F. Whitmore waits his turn. They... |
| Date: | 12 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Postal workers deal with a shipment of Christmas mail that was "arriving by the roomful and the ton." Workers are, left to right: William Borjinkhof, John... |
| Date: | 08 27 1959 |
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| Description: | A new 4-cent postage stamp honors the American soil conservation effort by showing various phases of soil conservation. Shown (L-R) are: Russell Silverwood... |
| Date: | 12 04 1959 |
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| Description: | Acting Postmaster for Madison, John F. Whitmore (right), receives a certificate of appointment from Adolph Knudson (left), postal department field services... |
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| Description: | Engraved print depicting two people harvesting grain along a fence line in a field. One person holds a scythe while the other carries a bucket, possibly th... |
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