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| Date: | 08 13 1941 |
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| Description: | View across counter towards Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ. |
| Date: | 08 13 1941 |
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| Description: | Side view of Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ. |
| Date: | 09 13 1949 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Lawrence College students tobogganing at Rib Mountain near Wausau. |
| Date: | 08 13 1941 |
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| Description: | Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter. |
| Date: | 08 13 1941 |
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| Description: | Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | This photocopy map shows inhabited farms, rivers, roads, and mills in the vicinity of Marathon City [and village of Edgar], including area between the Big ... |
| Date: | 02 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Two women pose next to gambling machines at Buddy's Place, in the township of Rib Mountain. The bar operated as a house of prostitution. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The Guenther Half Way House. People traveling between Wausau and Stevens Point by stage stopped here overnight. The 100-year-old tavern was torn down in 19... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Wausau Memorial Hospital, with the Wisconsin River in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Front view of the University of Wisconsin, Wausau Center, with a flag atop the building and trees in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View of the Hotel Wausau on a street corner, with pedestrians on the sidewalks, and automobiles in the street. Caption reads: "Hotel Wausau, Wausau, Wis." |
| Date: | 02 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern. |
| Date: | 02 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Two illegal gambling machines in the front dining room of Jones Steak House, located on County Trunk N, southwest of Wausau. The building is owned by Sheri... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Charles Norton, Chairman of the Township of Rib Mountain. He may have played a role in the sweeping raids on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest wa... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | John Nutter, Undersheriff of Marathon County. He may have played a role in the sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were f... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Louis Schoen's Old Beer Lager, Quality has No Substitute, Brewed and Bottled by the ... |
| Date: | 12 01 1943 |
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| Description: | A letter to Mr. H.M. Bower of Employers Mutual Liability Insurance written by H.L. Wollenberg. |
| Date: | 02 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Rib Mountain Ski Lodge. There are a number of skiers on the left, and people stand near the lodge. Cars are parked on the right. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wausau, Wisconsin, 'Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest.'" On reverse: "Renowned throughout the midwestern states as the center of w... |
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