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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Men posing for the camera while loading sacks of feed into a horse-drawn Steel King wagon in front of the I.B. Graybill general store. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the busy streets of Court and Milwaukee. Three prominent buildings in view are: Court Street Methodist Church on the far left (b. 1868), w... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Roy trading post, built in about 1857. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a general store and gas station operated by James Smith. Four people stand posed in front of the building. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large, two-story wood building with nine over six windows identified as an inn; at the time of the photograph it served as the Butte des Morts Post Offic... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An old commercial structure identified as the Twin Island House. There are feed sacks on the porch and a Coca-Cola sign on the front of the building. This... |
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| Description: | Four men, a dog and a boy sitting on the porch of the general store. Signs in the windows read, "Ferry & Co. Seeds" and "Rape seed for sale." A barn and wi... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Church Post Office and general store. Signs painted on the window say: "Hardware, Paints, Oils." |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the brick front facade of the Mason Post Office and and Mason Mercantile Co. There is an automobile parked on the far left side of the bui... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Jones and Marsh Dry Goods Store located in the center of the block on the north side of Main Street, owned by brothers-in-law, J.F. Ma... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the wedge-shaped Hicks Hotel. Lovelace general store is housed on the left side of the building. There are children in the street and on the si... |
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| Description: | View from unpaved street of the Gribble Brothers Imperial Cafe, which is a two-story wood frame building with a small porch and balcony. Two men are standi... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down street in the central business district. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curbs. Businesses line the street on both side... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down Center Street. The caption on the image is incorrect. On the left are storefronts, including a millinery and stable. On the right, commercial bui... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view of the central business district in a rural community. A group of people on the landing of a store. A cart with a pair of horses at hitching post. |
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| Description: | Five men posed on a firetruck in the middle of a street in a business district. Storefronts are in the background on the left and right. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a central business district. The theater marquee on the left reads: "The Concert for Bangladesh." Across the street on the right ... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a European American boy wearing a cap who is entering the shop of C.E. Mower. Probably located on the north side of Main Street. There is a... |
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| Description: | View across unpaved street towards the Dohm Brothers storefront. There are several advertising signs on the two-story building, including "French Auto Oil,... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Black watercolor of a single-story store with large wood-framed, plate-glass windows, a false front and a pitched roof. The building's external side wall b... |
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