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Main Street
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Text on front reads: "Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin." The downtown area with buildings, storefronts and sidewalks. Signs read: "Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company", "Cafe", "Furniture", "Vetter's Dry Goods", "Drugs" and "Clothes & Shoes." Automobiles are parked diagonally on the brick paved street with trees in the distance.
1930
E.C. Kropp Co.
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WHi 151195
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Main Street
1940
Text on front reads: "Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin." The downtown area with buildings, storefronts and sidewalks along Main Street. Automobiles are on the street and parked diagonally.
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1933
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1940
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