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| Description: | Exterior of the three-story court house and grounds. Lake Superior is in the background. |
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| Description: | Four views of Ashland, including Ellis Avenue, the Chicago and North Western Depot, Northern Pacific and Omaha trains and West Second Street. |
| Date: | 02 08 1912 |
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| Description: | View of Ellis Avenue. A horse-drawn buggy is moving alongside a cable car down the road. Buildings and telephone poles line both sides of the street.The po... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front facade and grounds of the four-story, red brick St. Joseph Hospital. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Four young girls pose outside of Witt's photography studio. They are wearing dresses. Two of the girls have jackets, and three of them have hair bows. |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of Main Street. On the left is E.J. Anthony, Barber, with a barber pole in front of the building. Other businesses can be seen, many wit... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view across street of the facades of furniture and clothing shops. Caption reads: "East Main Street, Looking North, Athens, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic view of the central business district. Homes, businesses and trees line the unpaved street, and there is a hill in the far backgroun... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized panoramic elevated view with the main commercial district in the center. The high school is on the far right. Caption reads: "Birds [sic] Eye Vie... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Colorized view across street towards pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles in front of a row of shops. Caption reads: "Busy Scene on Main Street, Bangor, Wi... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from street in the central business district. The street is lined with businesses, and a few have awnings over their storefronts... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the theater. There are posters in front of the entrance. A current attraction is George Fawcett in "The Frame... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of the stone hotel on a corner. Large awnings are over the first floor windows. Decorative ironwork is on the roof. Caption reads... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Baraboo River. The main part of town is on the far left shoreline. On the right industrial buildings are near a bridge spanning the ri... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down a street in a central business district. There is a park on the left, and storefronts with awnings on the right. A bank is on ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the central business district. The street is lined with businesses and street lamps. A man and a dog are in front of the bank on... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an elevated view of a parade going through the central business district. People in the parade are wearing helmets and riding horseba... |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of central Baraboo from across the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "High Bridge, Baraboo, Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a street in a rural community's central business district. A biplane, printed into the background, is flying low overhead. A ... |
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| Description: | View down center of Rittenhouse Avenue with Lake Superior in the distance. The street is lined with businesses, sidewalks and lampposts. |
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