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Greetings from Wautoma

Date: 1970
Description: View of businesses in the Main Street area of Wautoma. Some storefronts featured are, on the right, Ellickson Agency, Sunny Side Food Store, a bar, a mens'...
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Main Street

Date: 1970
Description: View down center of unpaved street looking west. Captions read: "Wautoma, Wis." and "Main Street Looking West".
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Community Church

Date: 08 22 1964
Description: Colorized postcard of the Community Church with many trees surrounding it.
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Main Street, Boulder Junction

Date: 1966
Description: View of the commercial district. Cars are parked in front of businesses. A flagpole and a stop sign are on a highway island in the foreground.
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Cana Island U.S. Light House

Date: 1960
Description: Color photographic postcard view of the Cana Island U.S. Lighthouse surrounded by a green lawn. There is a hand pump near the building.
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Washington Island Ferry

Date: 1950
Description: Color photographic postcard of the "C.G. Richter," a ferry operating between mainland Door County and Washington Island in Wisconsin.
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Washington Island Ferry "C.G. Richter"

Date: 1950
Description: Color photographic postcard view of the "C.G. Richter" at the dock, a ferry operating between mainland Door County and Washington Island.
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Yellow Birch Lake on the Eagle Chain

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of fall color on Yellow Birch Lake on the Eagle Chain of Lakes. There is a boathouse on shoreline at the right obscured by trees.
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St. Martin Lutheran Church

Date: 1960
Description: View of St. Martin Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), 8th Street and S. Clinton Avenue.
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The Clearing

Date: 1968
Description: Color view of The Clearing, a folk art school in Ellison Bay. A stone building and a log building are under a grove of trees.
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Jean Nicolet Memorial

Date: 1951
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Near this spot the first white contact in the Northwest was made by Jean Nicolet at Red Banks in 1634. This memorial by Sidney Bedo...
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Lac du Flambeau Historical Marker

Date: 1969
Description: Historical marker on the shore of Flambeau Lake. Erected 1937.
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8th Street, Looking North, Manitowoc, Wis.

Date: 1953
Description: Slightly elevated view of 8th Street, looking north in a central business district. Cars are parked along the curb, and other cars are moving down the stre...
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World's First Snowmobile

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse reads: "World's First Snowmobile, Sayner, Wisconsin. Invented in 1924 by Carl Eliason of Sayner (pictured). This machine is liquid cooled, ...
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Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church

Date: 07 16 1981
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church, Sayner, Wisconsin 54560. Pastor W. Wiberg." An A-frame style church with wings built of ...
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Greetings from Shawano

Date: 1970
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Shawano, Wisconsin." View of South Main Street with many businesses and automobiles parked at the curb. Heinz Drug on ...
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Sturgeon Bay Drawbridge Spanning

Date: 1955
Description: 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...
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Friends Church

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Friends Church (Church of the Old Rugged Cross), Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Hymn completed by Rev. Geo. Bennard, Dec. 29, 1912 - Jan. 12, 1...

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