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Telephone Exchange

Date: 1910
Description: A female telephone operator posing sitting at the switchboard.
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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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Big Manitou Falls

Date: 1940
Description: Big Manitou Falls with trees and observation area.
Postcard

Grand View Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View across unpaved road towards the hotel. Caption reads: "Grand View Hotal Annex, Chain O'Lakes, Waupaca, Wis."
Photograph

King's Koffee Kup

Date: 1967
Description: King's Koffee Kup, a restaurant located on STH 22.
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Bungalow Bar

Date: 1967
Description: Bungalow-style house located on STH 22, that had been converted into a beer garden and bait shop.
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Motel Bar

Date: 1967
Description: Handle's Bar and Motel, located along STH 22 in King, Wisconsin, at the intersection with Grand View Road. Another motel can be seen in the distance acros...
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Iola Storefronts

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Description: Nineteenth century storefronts and angle parking in downtown Iola.
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Rainbow Motel

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Description: The Rainbow Motel located on US Highway 45 at New London, Wisconsin.
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Dairy Delivery

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Description: Hawthorn Mellody Dairy truck parked at the delivery entrance to a Fremont store. Recently washed clothes hangs on the line of the upper story of the build...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Delavan Hotel

Date: 1964
Description: View of the Delavan Hotel with accompanying caption.
Photograph

Men on Utility Pole

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Description: Several men in safety harnesses pose on and around a utility pole. One of them is holding a small child.
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Milbauer's Pharmacy

Date: 12 04 1916
Description: Storefront view of Milbauer's Pharmacy, with two automobiles parked on the street.
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Tipi Gas Station

Date: 05 26 1937
Description: Exterior view of a filling station built to resemble a teepee.
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Water Department/Water Street

Date: 11 16 1989
Description: View from the Water Street Bridge over the Waupaca River toward the Waupaca Water Department.
Photograph

Manawa Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This service station, located at 301 South Bridge Street, was built in Manawa during the late 1930s as new, more efficient station designs were constructed...
Photograph

Waupaca Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Gray Czeskleba ran a hardware store at 206 West Fulton Street in Waupaca before turning exclusively to gasoline and oil distribution in 1925.
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Ward Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: A three-story wooden structure with front porch identified as the Ward Hotel by a large sign on the front of the building. Several automobiles are parked d...
Map or Atlas

Waupaca Chain-O-Lakes Map

Date: 1896
Description: A map of the Chain-O-Lakes in Waupaca, including Indian trails. The path of the Waupaca Electric Railway from the Grand View Hotel to the Wisconsin Central...
Photograph

Hotel Hutchinson

Date: 1899
Description: View of Hotel Hutchinson, situated at the corner of two streets. The entrance stands beneath a bell tower and a group of boys, some with bicycles, stands n...

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