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Tomah, Wis.

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Tomah.
Postcard

View of Tomah, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of street in Tomah. Caption reads: "Looking North from Fountain, Tomah, Wis."
Postcard

View Down Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: Masked view down main street, with a bakery in the right foreground.
Postcard

Superior Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Superior Avenue, with the Tomah Hardware store in the left foreground. A number of pedestrians and horse-drawn sleds and vehicles are in t...
Postcard

Government Indian School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the main building. Caption reads: "Government Indian School, Main Building, Tomah, Wis."
Postcard

Indian School

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Indian School. Caption reads: "Indian School, Wis."
Photograph

Indian School in Tomah, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Indian School.
Postcard

Frog Shop

Date: 
Description: View across road toward buildings, including a water tower. Caption reads: "Frog Shop, Tomah, Wis."
Photograph

Doublewide Sidecar Prototype

Date: 1932
Description: Ralph Hilgers, wearing sunglasses, is seated on his 74 Harley-Davidson twin cylinder, late 1920's model motorcycle. His motorcycle is shown with a prototyp...
Photograph

Aerial View of Tomah

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Aerial view of Tomah.
Photograph

Aerial View of the Veterans Hospital at Tomah

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Aerial view of the Veterans Hospital at Tomah.
Photograph

Tourist Camp - Highway 12

Date: 1931
Description: A view of the Log Cabin Filling Station at a tourist camp. A garage for washing and greasing on the left. Two tall gas pumps. Lamps made of interlaced logs...
Postcard

Burnstadt's European Village and Cafe

Date: 1974
Description: Text on front reads: "Burnstadt's European Village and Cafe, Tomah, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Burnstadt's European Village and Cafe. The warmth of European ...
Postcard

Indian School

Date: 09 04 1928
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian School, Tomah, Wis." Opened in 1893, the Tomah Indian Industrial School was intended to teach Indian children how to shed thei...
Postcard

Indian Canoe

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian Canoe" and "Greetings from Tomah, Wis." On reverse: "Camp of berry-pickers, man, wife, and children. Camp site on a beautiful ...
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Big Chief and His Best Friend

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Big Chief and His Best Friend. Greetings from Tomah, Wis." A Native American man in indigenous dress poses in front of a log cabin, a...
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Scene in Tomah

Date: 06 10 1912
Description: 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 unpave...
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Drinking Fountain, Superior Avenue

Date: 06 01 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Drinking Fountain, Superior Ave., Tomah, Wis." A public drinking fountain on Superior Avenue, a wide unpaved boulevard. Horse-drawn v...
Postcard

Maid of the Mist

Date: 06 03 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Maid of the Mist, Gillett Park, Tomah, Wis." A stone fountain with a statue of a woman in the center, holding a water vessel on her s...
Postcard

Indian School

Date: 06 22 1942
Description: Text on front reads: "U.S. Indian School, Tomah Wis." Opened in 1893, the Tomah Indian Industrial School was intended to teach Indian children how to shed ...

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