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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street with streetcar. Caption reads: "Main Street, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Main St. at Night, Fond du Lac, Wis." A car is parked along the curb in the foreground with its headlights on. A theater is across the stre... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "'Majestic Theatre' and Main Street West from Sixth, la Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down center of Main Street. Automobiles are parked at the curbs, and streetcar tracks are running up the street. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking W... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Watertown, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View down street towards an intersection. Large lampposts are at each corner. A sign on the building on the left reads: "Sidney." Caption reads: "Oak St. E... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View looking toward Main and Crescent Streets. Caption reads: "Main and Crescent Streets, Menomonie, Wis." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from intersection towards The Big Store on the corner, with two men standing outside the entrance. A large traffic signal is in the center of... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk on left side of street. Caption reads: "Main St. looking North from 5th St., Racine, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street at night. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Street at Night, Milwaukee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the central business district. The street is lined with businesses and street lamps. A man and a dog are in front of the bank on... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a park in a central business district. There is a fountain, a statue, and benches along the walkway. Caption reads: "Scene in Co... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down the center of a busy street in the central business district. Many cars are parked at an angle along the curbs. Lampposts line... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down sidewalk along tree-lined street in the central business district. On the right is a large marble building, and on the left si... |
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| Description: | Color of Main Street. A Ben Franklin store, bank and Texaco Station are on the left. The right side is lined with bars. Cars are parked along both sides of... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Black and white photograph looking west down James Street at intersection, with pedestrians on the sidewalks and parked automobiles along the curbs. Captio... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View down street of commercial buildings. Text on back reads: "A friendly city of prosperous, industrious people in a farming and vacationers' paradise. 'T... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the even side of the 200 block of Atwood Avenue. Businesses and residences are John Nyberg, a tailor, at 208 1/2 Atwood Avenue, ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view down center of a commercial street lined with buildings and street lamps. Two men are standing in the center of the intersection. Automob... |
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