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Cedar Street
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Text on front reads: "Cedar Street, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Storefronts on a street with automobiles parked diagonally at the curb. Some pedestrians can be seen. Many businesses have signs: "Dairyland Restaurant", "Ideal Eat Home Cooking", "Cabins", "Door County Hardware", "Ahren's News Stand", "Roxana Hotel", "Pleck's Ice Cream", "Western Union" and "Coca-Cola." Cedar Street was renamed 3rd Avenue during WII. Caption reads: Cedar Street Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
1930
L.L. Cook Company
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W013YB4
WHi 150377
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Cedar Street Looking South
July 21, 1908
Text on front reads: "Cedar Street looking South, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Elevated view of storefronts on a street, the west facing stores all have awnings. A sign on the store on the left reads: "Clot...
Nightingale Supper Club and Lorraine Motel
1921
Text on front reads: "Nightingale Supper Club and Lorraine Supper Club, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Aerial view of the two businesses on State Highway Business 42, in northern Sturgeon Bay. The supper club...
Main Street
1933
Text on front reads: "Main St., Wild Rose, Wis." Two women are sitting on a bench on the sidewalk under the awning of a restaurant, a trailer is parked at the curb, and automobiles and a "GrayCo Se...
Scene in Ellison Bay
1958
Black and white photographic postcard of a street scene, with a church on the left, and automobiles parked near a storefront at the corner in the distance, with a sign above the entrance that reads...
Sturgeon Bay Drawbridge Spanning
1955
Text on reverse reads: "Sturgeon Bay Drawbridge Spanning, Sturgeon Bay Canal, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Traffic is backed up as a ship passes through the span of a double-bascule bridge over the canal.
Where Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay Meet
July 6, 1931
Text on front reads: "Where Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay Meet, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Aerial view of Sturgeon Bay showing the only bridge in existence at the time.
