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| Description: | View of various businesses on unpaved Main Street, including a drug store on the right side. Caption reads: "Main Street, Grantsburg, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The State Street approach to the Wisconsin State Capitol at the turn of the century. Electric poles and street railroad wires are in the foreground. In the... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Wausau Railroad Station with power lines in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a wide city street. Horse-drawn carts are in the street and pedestrians crowd the sidewalks. Sign in window reads: "Law Offices of D.A. St... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. On the right an African American girl and a Ca... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Numerous horse-drawn carriages parked outside the C.B. & Q. Depot. The Columbia Hotel is in the background. Text on top of the building reads: "W. J. Sharp... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the Main Street shopping district. Storefronts, carts and pedestrians are across a small grassy area with a military monument of a cannon. Signs re... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the northeast corner of the square. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the street. Business sign on left side reads: "Tom Gordon Harness, Buggie... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A bank, harness store and general store. Text on building on right side reads: "J.H. Stecker Selz Shoes," "J.H. Stecker" and "Applegate Post Office." Capti... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton poses with his sled as his father, William, works with an iceboat behind him on frozen Lake Monona. There are other iceboats and boathouse... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A man walks by the Madison police station, a two-story brick building with corner turret on the corner of South Webster Street. The fire station was across... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across street of the front and side of Madison High School. There is a brick walkway in the street in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man on horse-drawn mower. There is a fence and a road on the left. The mower blade is partially lifted to pass over a tree stump. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn binder. In the background are power lines, a fence, and trees. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a twine mill under construction. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a twine mill under construction. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of McCormick Works. In the foreground are powerlines, and beyond are railroad tracks and a locomotive pulling railroad cars. Near the factory... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of McCormick Works. Advertisement are painted on the sides of a building on the left, and on the bottom left are billboards. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of McCormick Works. In the foreground are powerlines, and beyond are railroad cars on railroad tracks. A large sign that reads (in reverse), ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of McCormick Works, with construction of wheel shop. Streetcars are along the street in the foreground. |
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