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Turn of the Century Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Horse-drawn wagons, including a water wagon, stand on a street next to a broad sidewalk in a commercial district. The storefronts of P.L. McQuillan and Con...
Photograph

East Main Street in Bloomer

Date: 1905
Description: East Main Street, including the H. Werner store.
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Business District

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of the business section of Stanley, with a church in the right foreground.
Photograph

French Lumber Company Building on Street Corner

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Description: View form across street of the French Lumber Company, a two-story brick building with the Chicago Dental Parlors occupying the second floor, on a street co...
Photograph

The Stanley Building

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Description: The Stanley Building, a large brick building standing at the corner of two city streets. A flag flies from the roof.
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Street Scene, Turn of the Twentieth Century

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Description: View down middle of Bridge Street, looking north. A busy retail street with buildings on both sides, numerous horses-and-buggies, and many pedestrians on t...
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City Street with Crowds

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Description: Bridge Street, looking north, with commercial buildings lining both sides of the street, and numerous horses and buggies on the street, and many people sta...
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Street Scene

Date: 1926
Description: View down retail street. Shops and parked cars are on either side. On the side of a shop on the left there is a hand-painted advertisement for the selectio...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1927
Description: View down Main Street lined with shops. Cars are sporadically parked along the curbs. There is a hotel, the Fritzstoldt tailor, soda fountain and drug stor...
Photograph

Downtown Street Scene

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Description: Elevated view looking North down middle of Bridge Street. Both sides of the street are lined with commercial buildings. There are several horse-drawn vehic...
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Wreckage Left After Flood

Date: 1903
Description: View from railroads tracks of the wreckage of wooden buildings left behind after a flood. Intact buildings are visible in a skyline in the distance, and pe...
Photograph

Street Scene

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Description: A busy street scene. Cars are parked at the curbs along the shops. The shops include: a grocery, a bakery/ice cream shop, a cafe, Prentice brothers hardwar...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: View down street of trucks and cars parked at an angle along the curb in a commercial strip through town. The buildings on the left have signs, including t...
Postcard

Hotel Northern

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of Hotel Northern, five stories tall. Caption reads: "Hotel Northern, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Fire Proof."
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of Chippewa Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored elevated view of houses, churches, commercial buildings, unpaved road, sidewalks and fences in central Chippewa Falls. Caption reads: "Bird's ...
Postcard

Bridge Street

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized view of Bridge Street, looking north from Spring Street intersection, in the central business district. The view includes stores, some with canva...
Postcard

Bridge Street

Date: 1940
Description: Looking north on Bridge Street from Spring Street intersection. In foreground, left, is a bank. In foreground, right, is a restaurant with a neon sign that...
Postcard

Street Scene in Holcombe

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Description: View across unpaved street in Holcombe. There is a long row of parked automobiles in front of a barbershop at the end of the block. Laundry is drying on li...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking North

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Main Street, Looking North, Stanley, Wis." View up unpaved street lined with businesses. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. The Hotel Maine ...

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