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Optenberg Pharmacy

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Description: Interior view of the Optenberg Pharmacy. On the left is a large candy counter, including a Russell Stover Candies display. A curved soda fountain counter i...
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Heg Store

Date: 1920
Description: Ole Heg Store, once also the home of Elias Strangeland (sp?). The original building was of log construction which was later boarded over.
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Heg Store

Date: 1920
Description: Ole Heg store, once also the home of Elias Stangeland (sp?). The original building was of log construction which was later boarded over. There is a woman s...
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Square on Street Corner

Date: 1915
Description: View of street corner includes shops, cars parked on street, and two people.
Print

Street Corner

Date: 1915
Description: Clipping from Oconomowoc Enterprise. View of street corner includes shops and people. One sign reads: "Wilsey and Snyder."
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Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Street with retail shops, and automobiles along the avenue. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Ave., Oconomowoc, Wis." Some of the signs on the commercial buildings...
Photograph

"Pawnee Bill" Circus Wagon

Date: 1963
Description: The "Pawnee Bill" circus wagon passes Notbohms furniture store and funeral home along a commercial street as a child looks on from the foreground. Multiple...
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Children Watching Circus Parade

Date: 1963
Description: A woman and three children are watching from the sidewalk as a parade of circus wagons carried on the beds of International trucks proceeds down a commerci...
Postcard

Main Business Section

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Business Section, Waukesha, Wis." A busy street scene with pedestrians, automobiles and buses. A railroad track runs down the ce...

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