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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across the railroad tracks towards downtown area, including The Faast Land Company and General Merchandise store, as well as a sign for the Faast Land... |
| Date: | 10 06 1911 |
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| Description: | View of Monsos Brothers Grocery & Crockery after most of the building was washed away by the flooding Black River. High, rushing water can be seen on the r... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photograph looking across unpaved North Main Street towards commercial buildings. Two horse-drawn carriages and one horse-drawn freight wag... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Hotel Lake View at Dartford. It was built in 1891 by Henry Oelke and located at the corner of Hill and Gold Streets. It is no ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view of a lunch stand advertising buttered popcorn, ice cream cones and cigars. Groups of men, women and children are... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of a street with a lumber office and a church on the left, and dwellings on the right. A man and a dog are on the sidewalk. A tree-covered hill is in ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered for the arrival of Buster Brown at the high school. Buster is in the backseat of a roadster. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of central Janesville from the the courthouse. There are signs advertising Parker Pens and Coca-Cola. Churches are on the horizon. Caption re... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street lined with commercial buildings. Automobiles are parked at the curb and street lamps are at the corners. Caption reads: "Main Street, J... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a row of businesses along the Fox River near the dam. There are horse-drawn vehicles in the street. Advertisements are on the side of the ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the New Kenosha Theatre. The marquee is advertising "Swim, Girl, Swim" with Bebe Daniels. An advertisement is painted on the left side of t... |
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| Description: | The non-mailing side of a wrap-around postcard cover. Glued inside is a folded series of two sided scenes of attractions in Central Wisconsin. Across the i... |
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| Description: | Printed color postcard. In the center is a map of Wisconsin with towns, rivers and other attractions over a yellow background. Around the outside is a doub... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a crowd standing in front of a stage set up in the middle of a city street, with a curtain advertising minstrel shows that reads:... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street with a few wooden commercial buildings. The building in the center background has a group of people gathered in front, and along t... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Agnes and Steve's Resort on Wheeler Flowage, Townsend, Wis." A bar with a sign on the roof that reads: "Agnes and Steve's Bar". Signs... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "We invite you to attend Waukesha County Dairy Show. March 12-15, 1940. Sales Pavilion, Waukesha, Wis. Judging days, March 13-14. Fo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Fairhaven - Whitewater, Wisconsin. 'Where You Add Life to Your Years.'" On the reverse: "Fairhaven–Whitewater, Wisconsin–is being cre... |
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