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Scene in Tomah
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Text on front reads: "Scene in Tomah, Wisconsin." A man is standing with his team of horses at a public drinking fountain on Superior Avenue, a wide unpaved boulevard. Another man is standing in the center and more horse drawn vehicles can be seen in the street. Trees, sidewalks and homes fill the neighborhood on both sides.
June 10, 1912
Northern Photo Company, Wausau, Wisconsin
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