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G.W. Peck's Store

Date: 1890
Description: Front view of G.W. Peck's Store. The ground is covered with snow. The signs on the building read "Globe Steam Laundry" and the text below the photograph re...
Postcard

Anderson's Store

Date: 1908
Description: Anderson's store, with a horse and carriage in front. Caption reads: "Anderson's Store Ephraim, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down unpaved Main Street with storefronts are along both sides. A sign on a building further down on the right reads: "Nixon House". Caption reads: "S...
Print

Greetings

Date: 1931
Description: The "Milwaukee Journal's" holiday card with a scene of two women in front of a town scene done in the Old English style. A man inside of a shop door is tip...
Postcard

Business District

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Description: Color photographic postcard of the business district. Local business and homes are on on both sides of the main road. Horse-drawn wagons are parked on the ...
Postcard

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1906
Description: Brass marching band in uniforms and spectators at a Memorial Day parade. The band and spectators stand in the road outside city shops and business, includi...
Print

International Metro Advertising Proof

Date: 12 1948
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of various Christmas scenes and an International Metro truck. Includes the text "...
Print

Horn & Joseph Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Horn's Pier (Door County) office of Horn & Joseph, dealers in general merchandise, including "Wood, Bark, Ties, Telegraph Poles, Posts, &...
Painting

Menasha Painting

Date: 1856
Description: ". . . The upper Grand Chute was the last of the 'improvements' paintings signed by Brookes and Stevenson. Yet there were two more vital links in the Fox R...
Postcard

Winnebago Dairy Farm

Date: 10 18 1939
Description: Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't...
Postcard

Pleasant Street, North of Grand Avenue

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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...
Postcard

Commerce Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down center of unpaved Commerce Street with buildings along a sidewalk on the right, and a building in the distance. Caption reads: "Commerce Street, ...
Postcard

Washington Avenue South

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Description: Hand-colored view down center of Washington Avenue, facing south, towards a church building on the horizon. The street is lined with sidewalks, buildings a...
Postcard

High Street Looking North

Date: 07 27 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "High Street Looking North, Randolph, Wis." View looking north on an unpaved street lined with buildings. Several buildings have awnin...
Postcard

Bird's-eye View

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's-eye View of Ripon, Wis." View from a tall building over the Public Square with buildings and dwellings of the town spreading o...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Saxeville, Wis." Weiser's Store, a brick building with a decorative storefront has a raised concrete platform and gasoli...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: Street Scene, Seymour, Wis." View across and down an unpaved street. The right side is lined with homes, businesses, sidewalks and tre...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking South

Date: 09 20 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Looking South, Stoddard, Wis." An unpaved main street with businesses on both sides. On the left is a store with a sign ...
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of Theresa

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View. Theresa, Wis." Elevated view of the town from a field. Homes, farms, businesses and churches can be seen with hills ...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office, Thiensville, Wis." The first Post Office in the community was located in a cabin in 1840. Many of the next Post Offices ...

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