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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Two cars are parked in front, and merchandise can be seen in the large show windo... |
| Date: | 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Temporary building built after the fire in Burke that destroyed the Droster Brothers General Store. The Droster's bought out John Quilty's store, which in ... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Smith's Store, featuring a glass topped case filled with merchandise. Pails and a large light fixture hang from the ceiling, and boxes of ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three men posing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods and jars of candy on the shelves behind them on the left, and pharmaceuticals are on t... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of people on a wanigan, the "Dancing Annie," used by Chippewa Lumber and Supply Company near Eagle Rapids. A wanigan is a floating office and supply ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of Washington Avenue on a snowy day. The A.F. Bruss Building is on the right. Horse-drawn carts and sleighs are in the street. Caption reads: "Washing... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Black watercolor of a single-story store with large wood-framed, plate-glass windows, a false front and a pitched roof. The building's external side wall b... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of R.H. Runge's General Merchandise store. A woman and two men are standing near the entrance. Penciled-in note on reverse reads: "Burned ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down street towards the State Bank of Fredonia, and the general store next door. An automobile is parked parked along the curb. Caption reads: "Bank, ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street in Friendship. The J.Hill & Son General Store is on the right, with two women at the entrance. Horse-drawn vehicles are in the street. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Caption on negative sleeve reads, "Mining (?) town with view of saloon, restaurant and general store." A boardwalk runs along the fronts of the buildings. ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of A. Diefenthaler's General Store and the building next to it. A man is standing near a horse and buggy parked in the street. Freight cars are behind... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The ruins of a wooden counter and shelves in the abandoned Mac Laren's Hudson's Bay Company Store near Sturgeon lake. A portion of the roof is missing. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the dilapidated, abandoned Mac Laren's Hudson's Bay Company Store near Sturgeon Lake. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Gang standing in front of G. Swenson's Store in Kettle Falls, which is partially on the water. The steamer schedule is handwr... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a street scene, with businesses on the left. A group of people are standing on the porch of the corner store. A man is standing near a hor... |
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