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W. W. Albers

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Description: Waist-up portrait of William W. Albers, a Democratic politician and businessman. He managed pharmacies in Wausau, served on the Wausau Common Council, the ...
Photograph

W. W. Albers

Date: 
Description: Portrait of William W. Albers, a Democratic politician and businessman. He managed pharmacies in Wausau, served on the Wausau Common Council, the Marathon ...
Book or Pamphlet

George Ruder Brewing Company

Date: 1891
Description: View of the George Ruder Brewing Company. A group of men and a dog are posing near an entrance on the side of the brick building. A man is on a horse-drawn...
Postcard

Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Granite Cutters in Labor Day Parade, Wausau, Wisconsin." Elevated view of a parade on a city street with street car tracks, near an u...
Postcard

Ski Tow on Rib Mountain

Date: 1939
Description: Text on front reads: "Ski Tow on Rib Mountain, Wausau, Wis." On reverse: "Rib Mountain, just outside of Wausau, is a Winter Paradise boasting, among other ...
Postcard

Below the High Bridge After the Flood

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Below the High Bridge After the Flood. Wausau, Wisconsin." Railroad cars were swept away when dams at Brokaw and Merrill failed on th...
Postcard

Telephone Building

Date: 06 22 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Telephone Bldg., Wausau, Wis." A stone building with a decorative parapet has three stories plus a lower level. Four men are standing...
Postcard

Post Office Building

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "The Post Office Building, Wausau, Wisconsin." Built of brick and stone, all of the windows have striped awnings and there is an ornat...
Postcard

You Will Not Go Astray

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "But you will not go astray if you go to the 'Palm Garden. F.J. Gaetzman, Wausau, Wis." A photo postcard with two images. On the left ...
Postcard

Rothchild's Park Pavilion

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Rothchild's Park Pavilion, Wausau, Wis." The Prairie School style stone building was built in 1911. Street car tracks can be seen on ...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 10 07 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Stratford, Wis." An unpaved street with boardwalks and dwellings on the left, more dwellings and farm buildings on the ...
Photograph

Getting Ready for Spring

Date: 03 19 1985
Description: Rear view of a man driving a tractor, which is pulling a manure spreader. Caption reads: "GETTING READY FOR SPRING - A farmer took advantage of a nice wint...
Postcard

Sawmill & Dam

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Brooks & Ross Sawmill & Dam, Schofield, Wis. 1909." The dam and millpond with the sawmill behind it. There are multiple buildings wit...
Postcard

John Brinkman, Sr., Residence

Date: 08 27 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "John Brinkman, Sr., Residence, Rozellville, Wis." A two-story dwelling with intricate exterior ornamentation and a cupola. There is a...
Photograph

Unidentified Couple

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and woman posing together. The man is wearing an overcoat and suit and is sitting in a chair. The w...
Photograph

Helene Klente

Date: 1896
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Helen Klente, wearing a hair comb in her hair, and a tie pin at her collar, standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is ...
Photograph

Ski Tow at Rib Mountain

Date: 1938
Description: An unidentified skier wearing gaiters is posing holding his poles in his right hand and the ski tow bar with his left. Other people are lined up behind him...
Photograph

Tom Hill's Brick Factory

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Description: Five women, three men, and a boy are posing on a wooden bridge between two wooden structures. Caption reads: "Edgar, Wis. Yard of Tom Hill's brick factory....
Photograph

Francis Townsend Rally in Wausau

Date: 07 27 1938
Description: Several men are sitting on a raised platform with an awning overhead, and a banner along the front that reads: "Welcome Dr. Townsend." One man is speaking ...
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Moving Paper

Date: 1930
Description: Two men are moving a large roll of paper with the help of an overhead pulley.

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