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City Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: View across street of several commercial buildings in a downtown area. The stone building in the foreground is nearly covered by vines and is identified as...
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Wisconsin Road

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Description: A view of a road next to a park on the left. A gazebo is in the background.
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Industrial Plant

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Description: View across water toward the back and side of the plant. Three young men in bathing suits sit on a wall over the bridge to the right.
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Rockford Branch House

Date: 09 15 1919
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Rockford branch building. Railroad tracks pass a loading dock along the right side of the ivy-covered building a...
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Milwaukee Branch House

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Milwaukee branch office building. A parking lot stands before the structure and ivy vines cover the three-story ...
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Chequamegon Hotel Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Chequamegon Hotel of Ashland, on Lake Superior, with a three-quarter view of the hotel, as seen from the waterfront, set into a cartouche...
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Plankinton House Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Plankinton House in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the hotel and traffic in the street, including people on foot, on hors...
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Buffalo Evergreen Company Delivery Truck

Date: 05 12 1939
Description: Two men load boxes into the side of an International D-15 truck owned by the Buffalo Evergreen Company, seller of florist supplies. The truck is parked out...
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Best Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with individual pictures of winners of the Best Gardens competition: George Caravello in ...
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Fountain Spring House Menu

Date: 08 01 1889
Description: Exterior and interior menu listing of the Fountain Spring House, with visitors strolling the grounds of a tree-filled park with the hotel in the background...
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Fountain Spring House Supper Menu

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Description: One-page menu from the Fountain Spring House, with a view of lush foliage and visitors strolling in the park adjacent to the hotel framed against a scene o...
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Palmer House Menu

Date: 10 02 1884
Description: Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim...
Postcard

Man in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Photographic postcard of a man sitting in a buggy drawn by a horse wearing a fly-net. Behind him is an automobile with two men leaning against the side. Al...
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Lakeside Street

Date: 11 2013
Description: View from sidewalk down Lakeside Street towards a railroad crossing. Across the street beyond the railroad tracks are four buildings with cars parked in fr...
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Man Standing near Bus

Date: 06 25 1925
Description: View across street towards a man posing in front of a bus parked at the curb. A sign on top of the bus reads: "International Chassis Motor Coach Ltd. Body,...
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Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View of a sign in the shape of a hand in front of a window on a white brick wall. Leaves and snow are on the ground. Inside the window, two lamps, two ches...
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Beauty Salon on Lakeside Street

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View of an old, wooden bench sitting in front of a large, front window of a beauty salon. Decorative snowflakes and lights are hanging on the inside of the...
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Lakeside Street at Noon

Date: 06 16 2015
Description: View down sidewalk towards a railroad crossing. Storefronts are along the sidewalk across the street, with cars parked along the curb in front.
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Crossroads Cheese Factory

Date: 1940
Description: Shrubs in full bloom and a vigorous vine growing along the eaves create a picturesque view of a cheese factory. Typically, the long narrow building is buil...
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James Murtah House and Stephensen and Studemann Commercial Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Gilman Street, on the corner of State Street and Broom Street, towards two commercial buildings. The one on the left is the Stephensen and...

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