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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Toots Sullivan (on left) and Emil Picha stand in front of the exterior of the Toot's Standard Gas Station at the intersection of Mill Street and Prairie Av... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across street towards Manchestor's store. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from street intersection of the High School gymnasium. Caption reads: "High School Gymnasium, Darlington, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph postcard of the park at the Grotto, with houses in the background. Caption reads: "Park at Grotto, Dickeyville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men, one in the driver's seat of the D-300 M.T. truck, and the other carrying a metal trash bin, on a residential street. The truck is used by the Refu... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View looking north across intersection towards the 400 block of North Carroll Street. A light snow clings to the trees and roofs of the houses. A car is ap... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from State Street looking towards St. Paul's University Chapel, 723 State Street. Text on postcard reads: "St. Paul's University Chapel, Madison, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from State Street looking towards the front of St. Paul's University Chapel, 723 State Street. Fitch Court runs along the left side of the building to... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard view of the front of Luther Hospital with automobiles parked in the drive. Caption reads: "Luther Hospital, Eau Claire, Wis... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking downstream at the Fox River locks, with a bridge behind it. A boat is tied along the shoreline just below... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A young boy wearing knickers, high stockings and a jacket is watching two swans on the Mullet River. A bridge and the rear of commercial buildings are in t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A split rail fence in the foreground frames a view of Eagle Harbor and Ephraim from Peninsula State Park. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Twilight view of the Madison skyline across Lake Monona. Caption reads: "Madison and the Wisconsin State Capitol at Night, Madison, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The State Street side of the Wisconsin Historical Society building and sidewalk. A large tree is in the left foreground. Bascom Hill is in the Background. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Single-story vertical log building with both a stone chimney and a brick chimney, as well as a front vestibule. Snow is on the roof and ground around the b... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene at Kellstrom's Dock, Sister Bay, Wis." View of Sister Bay from a boathouse and dock, the sign reads: "Kellstrom's Fishing Trips... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a dam, bridge over the river and part of the town with many trees. Caption reads: "The Dam, on the Apple River - Somerset, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "U.S. Post Office, Stevens Point, Wis." Exterior view from street of the Post Office on a street corner, built in 1919. Women and chil... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Stoughton, Wis." The Neogothic Revival style church was constructed of concrete block in 1904. Also know... |
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