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Children Using a Telephone

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson, children of the photographer, use a high chair to talk on the phone.
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Telephone Exchange

Date: 1910
Description: A female telephone operator posing sitting at the switchboard.
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Charles Robinson and Man

Date: 08 1941
Description: Charles Robinson, singer of lumberjack songs, left, with an unidentified man sitting behind what appears to be a microphone on a stand.
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Carlson's One Stop Market

Date: 1967
Description: Carlson's One Stop Market located on STH 22.
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Iola Storefronts

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Description: Nineteenth century storefronts and angle parking in downtown Iola.
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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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Frank Otto Threshing Crew

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Description: A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi...
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Jung's General Store

Date: 1958
Description: Exterior of Jung's General Store/Gas Station/Barber Shop. The station's sign advertises Sinclair brand gas.
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Veterans' Home

Date: 06 1988
Description: "Veterans' Home at King, WI."
Postcard

Main Street, Clintonville

Date: 1920
Description: Looking down center of Main Street. Printed in the message section on the back: "A view of one of the Two-Course Reinforced Concrete Pavements in the City ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Four Wheel Drive Historic Marker

Date: 10 15 1960
Description: Walter A. Olen, former president of the FWD (four wheel drive) Corporation and curator of the FWD Foundation museum, unveiled the Four Wheel Drive historic...
Photograph

Life on the River

Date: 07 2014
Description: View from back of river boat on a tour of a river. People are sitting on benches wearing hats and holding up umbrellas. A man is piloting the boat from a s...
Photograph

Rock Festival

Date: 06 27 1970
Description: Elevated view from back of stage of band playing at a rock festival at the "People's Fair." In the background is a crowd watching from a lawn. Tents are on...
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James Peterson at Bookcase

Date: 1913
Description: James Peterson, as a toddler, standing on a book on a table and reaching for an object on the bottom of a set of three shelves. Items resting on the shelve...
Photograph

Laurie, Muriel and James Peterson Outdoors

Date: 1913
Description: Laurie Peterson, standing, and Muriel Peterson, kneeling, pose as if taking photographs of James seated on the ground. They each hold a camera. James is tu...
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Interior of Schulz Garage

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Description: A DeSoto Fluid Drive automobile is parked on the left, and has a Wisconsin license plate mounted on the front with a date of 1946. On the right is a servic...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View of Main Street, with a bank building on the left and a drugstore on the right. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the curb on the right in the background....
Photograph

Parks's Studio

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Description: View inside what may be Parks's photography studio. There is a camera on the right, and a Sylvan Red Cross wood burning stove on the left. Through an open ...
Photograph

Street View of Town

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Description: View down center of unpaved street. Commercial buildings are on both sides, and a group of men, one with a bicycle, are standing on the sidewalk on the lef...
Postcard

Whispering Pines, Marl Lake

Date: 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "Camp Fireplace - Picnic Grounds - Whispering Pines - Marl Lake." A seal at lower right reads: "Chain o' Lakes Waupaca, Wis. The Killa...

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