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Main Street, Looking North from Davenport Street

Date: 1944
Description: View of intersection with pedestrians crossing the street in the town central business district. Businesses include three drugstores, a hotel, and a clothi...
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Amateur Baseball in the Park

Date: 1938
Description: The catcher squats as the batter gets ready to swing at a pitch while the umpire looks on. This image was taken as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project...
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Business Distric Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View looking down a street in the business district, featuring storefronts, pedestrians, a bicycle, and cars.
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Central High School

Date: 09 07 1951
Description: Exterior view of the main entrance to Central High School at Central High School at 214 Wisconsin Avenue. In front of the building are four diagonally park...
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Jule's Coffee Shop

Date: 2009
Description: Customers around outside seating at Jule's Coffee shop on Pearl Street.
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Bodega Brew Pub

Date: 2007
Description: An exterior view from across street of Bodega Brew Pub on corner of Pearl Street.
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Police on Horseback and Bicyclist

Date: 2008
Description: A female bike rider looks over at police officer riding a horse at Riverside Park.
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Dixon Hotel

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Description: Exterior view across street towards the Dixon Hotel, featuring an overhang over the entrance supported by groups of Ionic columns. There is a balustrade on...
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Business Section

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Description: View of the business section featuring jewelry, shoe, and drug stores and other storefronts. Women and men walk down the sidewalk near cars parked on the c...
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Middleton Street View

Date: 05 1958
Description: View down sidewalk of the business district.
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Broad Street in Business District

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Description: Slightly elevated view down Broad Street in a business district. Pedestrians stand on the sidewalk near a cafe, drug store, and parked automobiles. There i...
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Flores Avenue

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Description: View of Flores Avenue, a commercial section of downtown. The city hall, built in 1884, stands on the left near Laredo National Bank, founded in 1892. On ...
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Street Scene

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Description: View across intersection down South Dubuque Street featuring Hotel Jefferson, built in 1913 with a Classical Revival influence. Automobiles and horse-drawn...
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Street Scene in the Business District

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Description: View down South Dubuque Street featuring Hotel Jefferson in the distance at left, built in 1913 with a Classical Revival influence. Automobiles, cable cars...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Street Scene featuring, bicycles, automobiles, and palm trees. A large clock stands on a street corner where pedestrians cross, and stone and brick buildin...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: optometrist (closed), Neff's Beauty Salon, Wisconsin Blue ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: View down middle of street with many shops. Cars are parked at an angle along both sides of the street. A man rides a bicycle across the intersection. The ...
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Shorb Hotel

Date: 1924
Description: View across intersection of the exterior of the Shorb Hotel. Boys on bicycles are in the street in front near a man standing on the curb. Automobiles are p...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down middle of commercial street. On the street corner on the right, a man man and children pose on the sidewalk near the drugstore. One of the boys i...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street lined with shops, restaurants, and other small businesses.

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