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Opera House

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Description: View across unpaved road towards the Opera House, with a man high up on a telephone pole in front of the building. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "O...
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Frozen Creek Crossing

Date: 11 29 1989
Description: Old bridge over Mill Creek on Highway G in Portage County.
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Polish Immigrant Women

Date: 1895
Description: Polish immigrant women at the Market Square wearing traditional, national clothing. In the background are brick buildings. A sign on one building reads: "C...
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Wisconsin State College

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of Wisconsin State College, otherwise known as "Normal School." People are standing in the snow in the foreground.
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Market Square

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of Polish immigrants in Market Square with horse-drawn lumber sledges and hay wagons. Commercial buildings are in the background. A sign on o...
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Fourth Sacred Heart Church

Date: 1935
Description: The Fourth Sacred Heart Church, Polish Catholic, built in 1934. The church was built across the road from the site of the Second and Third Sacred Heart Chu...
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Sunset Drive Bridge

Date: 1990
Description: Sunset Drive Bridge.
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Rosholt Panorama

Date: 11 29 1989
Description: Panoramic view of the Union Street Bridge in the village of Rosholt created by taping three images together.
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Main Street

Date: 11 22 1913
Description: Elevated view down Main Street. Horse-drawn wagons line both sides of the road which is covered with puddles, mud and snow. Caption reads: "Main Street, Al...
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English Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 02 20 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the one-story, white English Methodist Church with belfry and steeple. Snow covers the street outside the church. ...
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Mill Street

Date: 08 04 1920
Description: Photographic postcard of Mill Street. Town businesses, including a clothing and tailoring store, line the right side of the street looking towards a reside...
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Senior Bus

Date: 01 1979
Description: Bus operated by the Portage County Commission on Aging and its driver. The bus took senior citizens to lunch at the Senior Center and provided other servic...
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The Quiet Time

Date: 1953
Description: Snow-covered farm buildings and trees, with a path through the snow cutting across the field in the foreground.
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Stock Fair Day

Date: 07 27 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Stock Fair Day, Stevens Point, Wis." Elevated view of eople, horse-drawn sleds, piles of hay and wood fill the square for Stock Fair ...

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