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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View across grounds toward the St. Camillus Novitiate and the footpath leading to it. Waukesha in process. Caption reads: "St. Camillus Novitiate in Durwar... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View towards the Eagle River bridge. Caption reads: "Eagle River Bridge, Eagle River, Wis." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Senior High School. Caption reads: "Senior High School, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Colonel Elihu Phillips home, built in 1854. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street towards the Fond du Lac Public Library. Caption reads: "Public Libarry, Fond Du Lac, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the front of the cottage and the stone wall. Text reads: "Roi 1776, Porlier 1805, Tank 1850." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice in Dairyland at an Alice display for the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The Alice could raise h... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Hotel Wausau on a street corner, with pedestrians on the sidewalks, and automobiles in the street. Caption reads: "Hotel Wausau, Wausau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards the city of Laona on the far shoreline. A large smokestack is spewing smoke. Caption reads: "Laona, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a Baptist church. Caption reads: "Baptist Ch. Wausau Wis." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Walter and Virginia Ross relaxing indoors by the fireplace at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Ross at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge on Teal L... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | W.O. Zimmerman Plumbing & Heating, 811 East Johnson Street. On the reverse of the original postcard is an invitation to the firm's 18th anniversary and new... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A spinning wheel, chair, and other kitchen objects in the corner of a room. Caption reads: "Corner of Pioneer Kitchen, Douglas County Historical Museum, Su... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Dipslay of Sioux Indian Relics. Caption reads: "Barry Room, Sioux Indian Relics, Douglas County Historical Museum, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Door County Museum. Caption reads: "Door County Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Canal scene with a tugboat featured in the foreground and buildings on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Scene on the Canal — Sturgeon Bay, Door Coun... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from left side of road towards several buildings and a lake on the right. Down the road automobiles are parked outside of a building with a sign that ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across lawn with trees toward the courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Saint Clara Academy. Caption reads: "Grotto of Our Lade of Lourdes, Saint Clara Academy, Sinsinawa Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage, built in 1867. Caption reads: "M.E. Church and Parsonage, Shullsburg, Wis." |
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