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Depot

Date: 1912
Description: Train at Coon Valley depot. Several men stand on the platform. The depot has a water tank. There are advertisements for Pearl White Soap, the inter-state f...
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Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: View down commercial street. The shops are: Crandon Baking Company, a drugstore, the Hotel Hellstrom and Livery, a restaurant, First National Bank, a baker...
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Scene on Highway 11

Date: 1929
Description: View down a commercial street, with an automobile coming down the street. There is a soda/ice cream shop which offers tobacco, cigars, and candy. The City ...
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Boat Landing and Bathing Beach at Evergreen Retreat

Date: 1931
Description: A boathouse and canoe boats along Lake Delton. The boathouse is painted with advertisements that read, "Cottages - Rooms - Cabins - Refreshments - Free Cam...
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Part of Business Section

Date: 1922
Description: Children on the porch of a general store and filling station. The business advertises Polarine motor oil, Goodrich tires, Camel cigarettes, and Red Crown g...
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Lovers' Lane

Date: 1920
Description: A pedestrian path along the Wisconsin River. An advertisement for J.M. Brophy general store is painted on the rock formations along the path.
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Loyd Cheese Factory

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the two-story Loyd Cheese Factory. A barn on the left of the factory features an advertisement for Star Tobacco.
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Bank of Mindoro

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Bank of Mindoro. A car is parked on the lawn beside the bank. On the back of the car is an advertisement for the Interstate Fair in La Cros...
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Iowa-Minnesota State Line

Date: 1928
Description: View down road of a man and young girl posing near their car at the Iowa welcome sign on an archway over the road. In the background are advertisements for...
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Farmers' Alliance Store

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of the Farmers' Alliance Store. On the side of the building are two signs that say: "Horseshoe Tobacco."
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General Merchandise Store and Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul...
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Stage Curtain

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Description: A stage curtain with advertising for local businesses, and a landscape scene in the middle depicting a sailboat near a shoreline with an island in the dist...
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Patch Grove Main Street

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street. On the left is a barn covered with circus broadsides. Across the street is a building with a storefront and awning, and a sign that ...
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Scene at Rockland

Date: 1922
Description: View across road of the Berg & Jones Department Store, with posters in the front windows announcing an upcoming Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus ...
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General Store

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Description: View from unpaved road of the front of the two-story general store with a group of six men standing on the stoop. One man, perhaps the proprietor, wears st...
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Chaney's Store

Date: 1925
Description: View across road towards Chaney's Cash General Store. Behind trees on the left is a house and windmill. Laundry is drying behind the store on the right. A ...
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Sun Prairie City Hall

Date: 1912
Description: View across street of the Sun Prairie City Hall, a large brick building with two balconies in the tower and arched windows on the ground floor. A person dr...
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Viola Court House

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Description: Exterior view of the "Viola Court House" — a small wooden building where one can find the Justice of the Peace. Posters on the exterior walls promote an up...
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Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: View of intersection towards a restaurant and grocery on the left, with dwellings and other buildings in the background. A group of people standing posing ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: A view of a street in the central business district. A restaurant with a group of men in front on the left. Three children with a wagon on the right. A hou...

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