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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Christensen family photographs, circa 1925-1945
Filter: Subject of signs and signboards
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| Description: | State of Wisconsin Conservation Commission Fire Protection Dist. 3 truck parked outdoors. Sign on the driver's side door reads: "State of Wisconsin Conserv... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of two men posing next to a building with snow on the ground. The man on the left is leaning against the side of a building, which has a s... |
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| Description: | Two women and a man are standing in front of Kelly's Cafe. There is an awning in front of the entrance. The man in the center is holding a bottle in one ha... |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards The Gateway Inn. There are striped awnings over the windows, and on the left are chairs near a table with an umbrella. Cap... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Windmill and Gas Station. Written on back: "The 'Service Station.'" |
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| Description: | A man is standing outdoors next to a sign that reads: "Northern State Forest, State Forest Headquarters, District Forest Ranger, State Forest Nursery. Wisc... |
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| Description: | People are sitting on stools along the bar, with bartenders behind serving drinks. Signs above the bar read: "Cocktails" and "Liquors." There is a jukebox ... |
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| Description: | Engels Resort sign on posts above the entrance, with cabins in the background. Birdhouses on posts line the two-track drive. Caption reads: "Engel's Resort... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Greeting card with a drawing of a person driving a red truck fast on a snow-covered road. The bed filled to bursting with supplies, including a turkey that... |
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| Description: | Two men are standing behind a bar. Above the back of the bar are signs that read: "Wines," "Cocktails" and "Liquors." Caption reads: "Billy's Rathskeller, ... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the bar, and an exterior view of the facade. Text reads: "Everybody Goes to . . Curley's Tavern, Minocqua, Wisconsin, Chinese and American... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Curley's Tavern at night. A neon sign on the top of the building reads: "Curley's Tavern, Nite Club" and there are also two neon signs for... |
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| Description: | Exterior and interior view of T. A. Wonder's Club. Text on back reads: "Famous for chicken and steak dinners. Drinks mixed by mixologist. Air Conditioned. ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Colonial Wonder Bar. Caption reads: "Jake Skall's Colonial Wonder Bar, Appleton, Wis." Text on back reads: "The New Skyline Dining Roo... |
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| Description: | View of The Gateway Inn, with automobiles parked on front. |
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| Description: | View across road towards the front of the Gateway Inn. A man is standing in front, and cars are parked along the curb and in the lot on the left. |
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| Description: | Greeting card with a winter view of the Minocqua railroad station. A child is pulling another child on a sled through the snow, and two people are meeting ... |
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