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Moe Hardware Store; Exterior

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a two-story building, with three men posing standing on the walkway. Identified as Moe Hardware, built in 1912 on the nort...
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Barrel Push at Hustler Harvest Festival

Date: 1915
Description: Four men struggle to move barrels down the dirt main street of Hustler. It looks like a close race. The large crowd watches attentively. Across the street ...
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M.J. Chapman Store

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Description: Group portrait of men and boys posing in front of the M.J. Chapman Store, probably in Alma Center, and known contemporarily as the C.T. Gansel Building.
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Jackson County Bank

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Description: View from street towards a man posing sitting high up on a ladder set up on the sidewalk in front of the Jackson County Bank on the southwest corner of Mai...
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Dr. Penton's Office, Telephone Company, and Van Schaick Studio

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Description: View from street towards the facades of Dr. Penton's Office, the telephone company and Van Schaick's photography studio. Two men are standing on the sidewa...
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William Schlicht Liquor Store

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Description: The storefront of the William Schlicht Wholesale Liquor Dealer. The building also was a saloon and features shuttered windows, advertising posters in the l...
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J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view from unpaved street of a group of men enjoying mugs of beer while standing at the front entrance of J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon. Two ...
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Farmer's Market

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Description: Elevated view of the farmer's market on East Washington Avenue near storefronts. Many horse-drawn buggies and wagons are lined up on both sides of the aven...
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Street in Big Falls

Date: 1900
Description: View across unpaved street toward several buildings, and a horse-drawn buggy near a fence. The building on the left has an awning with the sign "[?]obosel ...
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A. Dahlman and Co. Wholesale Grocers

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Description: Elevated view of the northwest corner of N. Water and E. Clybourn Street, featuring A. Dahlman and Co., wholesale grocers.
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Ideal Body Company Truck

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Description: Man holding a wooden barrel next to a truck modified by the Ideal Body Company parked on the street in front of the Ideal Body Company building on Park Str...
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W.A. Oppel Grocery

Date: 1896
Description: Grocers standing in front of the W.A. Oppel Grocery located at 116 East Main Street. The five men are standing on the sidewalk among bine and crates displa...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down the unpaved Military Road. Two boys stand in the street on the left near the State Bank of Dane building. Near the railroad crossing, there is a ...
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Bank

Date: 1909
Description: View from the unpaved street of the Bank of Wauzeka, which is a small wood frame building with a large plate glass window. The sidewalk in front paved, and...
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Bagley

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Description: View from road of a brick building under construction. Five men are posed in front near a pile of bricks. Four men are posed in the window openings on the ...
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Business District

Date: 1911
Description: View down street towards the a central business district. There is a T intersection at the end of the main street. Storefronts with awnings line both sides...
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Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view from railroad tracks of the Depot. Four men are standing alongside the depot building near a wheeled cart. The building features two signs, o...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district from the end of a bridge. The post office on the right with a small group of men and children in front. An automobi...
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A Turkey at Krueger's

Date: 1925
Description: A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol...
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City Hall

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph; view of the earlier City Hall building, on Market Square at the corner of E. Water Street and Oneida Street. Several signs are in the image, i...

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