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| Description: | Color image of City Hall with a welcome sign on the front of the building. The Henry Bergh monument fountain is in front, and a trolley is on the left si... |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of cabins in front of a bluff, perhaps Castle Rock. A larger building is visible to the right. Text on bottom reads: "Castle Rock ... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down a street (Rittenhouse Avenue) to Lake Superior. The street is lined with businesses and parked cars. Caption reads: "Street Sc... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view from street of the Hotel Rogers on a street corner. Text on front reads: "Hotel Rogers, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Hotel Eau Claire and its three-story tall electric sign. The hotel is on a corner, and cars are parked along the curbs, and pedestrian... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down center of Walworth Street with the Sprague Theater on the left. A hotel is on the lower right. Automobiles are parked all along the street. Capti... |
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| Description: | View of Main Street with the Retlaw Theater on the right. Automobiles and street car tracks are in the center of the street. Caption reads: "Main Street, l... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of the Main Street Bridge with a large electric sign "Welcome to the Fort" on the left. Pedestrians are walking on the bridge. Caption reads: "Main St... |
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| Description: | Color illustration of the Beaumont Hotel. Automobiles are parked at the curb and a traffic light is at the corner. Caption reads: "Beaumont Hotel, Green Ba... |
| Date: | 03 09 1918 |
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| Description: | View of a city sidewalk after a snow storm, with tall piles of snow along the curb. Men are walking along the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Green Bay's Worst S... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of Washington Street at an intersection. Commercial buildings are on both sides of the street, with automobiles parked along the cu... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down street towards a shopping district, which is lined with shops: Walgreen's, Prange's, and Kinney Shoes. Automobiles are parked ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a shopping district lined with shops, and a theater on the left. A Prange's Department Store, and a Leath's furniture store is o... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down a street in a main shopping district. Traffic signals are on the corners, and a large flag is hanging from the Beaumont Hotel ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street with businesses on both sides, including drug stores, grocery stores, appliance stores and an insurance/real estate office. Automobil... |
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| Description: | Color postcard view from intersection towards a roadside tavern. Text on reverse reads: "TIBBIES Where Chicken is King at Indian Ford, Wis. Three miles... |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Parker Pen Factory, with a large, electric sign on the roof. Caption reads: "Parker Pen Company, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized aerial view of central Janesville, with the Parker Pen building and Court House in the foreground. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View of Janesville, ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the New Kenosha Theatre. The marquee is advertising "Swim, Girl, Swim" with Bebe Daniels. An advertisement is painted on the left side of t... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View of a central business district street lined with lampposts and electric signs. Automobiles are parked at the curbs. Caption reads: "Main Street Lookin... |
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