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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view toward the Chippewa Shoe Manufacturing Company building, Bay Street & River Street, looking north. Caption reads: "Chippewa Shoe Mfg... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from intersection toward the hotel. Caption reads: "Beaumont Hotel, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A view of the Sacred Heart Academy, presently known as Edgewood High School. Caption reads: "Sacred Heart Academy. Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view from the street of the Goodwin block, featuring a hotel and a pharmacy. Several bicycles are parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Go... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Methodist Church at 213 South Second Street. Congregation established — 1838; Present sanctuary built — 1864; Enlarged and remodele... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards a group of people standing on the grounds in front of the asylum. There are bars on the windows and fire escapes on both ends of the building.... |
| Date: | 11 01 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Post Block, Spring Green, Wis." Erected by George F. Post in 1894, the three-story Post Block consisted of a west half and an east ha... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Stoughton City Hall. Stoughton, Wisconsin. Built in 1900 to house the city offices, library, police and fire departments with a 701... |
| Date: | 02 14 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "City Hall, Stoughton, Wis." Built in 1900 to house the city offices, library, police and fire departments with a 701 seat opera house... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. People are being rescued with a ladder and others have esca... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Palace Theatre, Superior, Wis." A brick theatre with many windows and ornate decorative elements on the exterior. A child is on the s... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Village Hall, Whitehall, Wis." Built in 1912 of brick in the Romanesque Revival style. A memorial sign of honoring veterans, and a la... |
| Date: | 08 26 1948 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hadden Hospital, Wild Rose, Wis." A two-story brick hospital with a full basement and decorative entrance. Established in 1941 by Dr.... |
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