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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view of Ludington Street, with automobiles and pedestrians, and the Schultz Brothers store on the right. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Ludington Street at an intersection, with automobiles and local businesses. Caption reads: "Ludington St., Columbus, Wis." |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View down street of commercial buildings. Text on back reads: "A friendly city of prosperous, industrious people in a farming and vacationers' paradise. 'T... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street from between wooden sidewalk on the left, and the unpaved street on the right. Further down are commercial buildings lining both side... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk along unpaved, snow-covered Main Street. Men are standing on the sidewalk, and near them is a man standing on a horse-drawn delivery sle... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View down center of unpaved Commerce Street with buildings along a sidewalk on the right, and a building in the distance. Caption reads: "Commerce Street, ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of Milwaukee Street, with storefronts, parked cars and a small monument in the middle of the street. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View down center of Broadway, looking north, in the business district. Automobiles are parked at an angle near the curbs, above overhead streetcar wires. C... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Handwritten note on back identifies this elevated view as the west side of Broadway from National Bank, looking south. The Fox River is in the background o... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the Main Street commercial district, with automobiles and trucks parked at the curbs. Signs are on the buildings for Dinner's... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic view down the unpaved Main Street. Includes parked cars, a few pedestrians and commercial buildings. Caption reads: "Main St.,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down center of street looking south. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the street, and telephone poles and many pedestrians line the sidewalks. Caption r... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view towards one side of Main Street, with the bridge over the Chippewa River in the background. Commercial buildings are along the sidewalk, and ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of Wall Street (STH 70). In the foreground is an intersection, with a sign that reads: "Look Out for the Cars." There are storefront... |
| Date: | 07 24 1912 |
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| Description: | View down street towards the dynamiting of the bridge over the Pigeon River during the flood. Caption reads: "Dynamiting the Bridge, Flood of July 24, 1912... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View from across street towards a group of people, four men and a woman, posing in front of a storefront advertising moving pictures for ten cents. Poster... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Eau Claire, looking northwest. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View Eau Claire—Looking Northwest, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 11 1918 |
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| Description: | Crowd of men and young boys gathered around a smoldering pile of ash and scraps in the Galesville Town Square. The burned items were most likely German boo... |
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| Description: | View across Jefferson Street toward several storefronts and horse-drawn vehicles on the right. Near the Gustave [__]ner Harness Shop is a man seated on a w... |
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