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Medicine Wagon Driving through Town

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Description: Dr. Eugene Krohn driving his medicine wagon. The man behind the wagon is either Rufus Jones or Warren C. Jones.
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Intersection of Main and First Streets

Date: 1890
Description: Corner of Main and First Street. The first two buildings on the southwest corner are Abraham Meinhold's dry goods and LeClair's hardware store. Next is A.F...
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Site of Future Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: Construction site with construction crew working, people walking on the sidewalk, and a billboard advertising Oshkosh B'gosh.
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Intersection of Main and First Streets

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Description: Buildings on the southwest section of Main Street at the intersection of Main and First Streets. Storefronts, from left to right, include A.F. Werner, A. M...
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Intersection of Main and First Streets

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Description: Intersection of Main and First Streets, showing storefronts including, from left to right, August Frederickson Saloon/Poolroom, Palace Bakery/American Expr...
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Man on Telephone Pole near First Street

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Description: South First Street and the intersection with Main Street. Men on corner looking at man on telephone pole. The man hanging from the pole is probably Ernest ...
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Intersection of First and Main Streets

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Description: Elevated view of woman walking along side street of town. In the background are horses and carriages.
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Intersection of First and Main Streets

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Description: Intersection of Main and First Streets, shows southwest section of intersection, with street lamp, storefronts, pedestrians, and carriage. Taken from Empt...
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Intersection of First and Main Streets

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Description: Man leaning on electric street light. Buildings and ornamental street light show post-flood developments. Building on northwest corner of intersection in p...
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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Intersection of Main and Water Streets

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Description: Northwest corner of Main Street and Water Street. Woman with an infant in a buggy and a boy walking on Main Street in front of stores and M. Weber Restaura...
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City Bakery on Main Street

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Description: Three men leaning and standing in front of the City Bakery. Large blocks of ice on the board sidewalk. Poster in the window is advertising the Jackson Coun...
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Intersection of South First and Main Streets

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Description: Elevated view of telephone poles loaded with wires. Store of A.F. Werner identifiable.
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Man Leading Horses

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Description: Man leading horses through town by the reins, in front of Dr. Krohn's Office and the Van Schaick Photograph Studio. Another man is standing in the backgrou...
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Men Examining Horse

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Description: Men congregate on a street corner to examine a horse, in front of the Jackson County Bank. A man is standing in the street on the left just in front of the...
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Men Displaying Horses

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Description: Men displaying draft horses in town.
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Band in Parade on Main Street

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Description: View from sidewalk towards a parade with band and automobiles going up hill on Main Street past the arch over the intersection.
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Horse-Drawn Hearse

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Description: View across board sidewalk towards a hearse being pulled by a team of two horses wearing fly-nets.
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Man Posing on Main Street

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a man on Main Street, created by Van Schaick or his colleague, Thomas T. McAdam.
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Ho-Chunk Men around Drum

Date: 1908
Description: A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing arou...

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