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Milton House Stables

Date: 08 1898
Description: The stables at the Milton House. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by ...
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Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: Two buildings: a post ofice and a livery stable/feed store. A man is exiting the post office. Sign on livery stable reads: "Livery Feed and Sale Stable." C...
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Livery Stable on First Street

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Description: Horse-drawn snowplow in front of the City Livery, and blanketed horses with sleighs and wagons in the street.
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Plowing after Pittsburgh Snowstorm

Date: 1945
Description: International (or Farmall?) tractor with Trojan Vee-plow removing snow in Pittsburgh. Original caption reads: "In a recent big snow storm which snarled Pit...
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Main Street

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Description: View of Main Street. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and a man on horseback are in the street. Business signs read: "(obscured) Boarding House," "Pete's ...
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Company E

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Description: Elevated view of the assembled military men of Company E and the military band on a town street. Other people stand and observe behind the formation of sol...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down Main Street. On the right is a general store, and Livery/Hardware building with horse-drawn carts parked in the street in front. A group of men a...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down center of Main Street which is unpaved. A young girl wearing a bonnet is standing in the road on the right, near another child standing at the co...
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Auditorium Hotel

Date: 1911
Description: The Auditorium Hotel, a three-story building with a turret and stairs to the main floor entrances. A wrap-around balcony is on the main floor. Barrels unde...
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LaCrosse Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down middle of unpaved Main Street. There are large trees along the sidewalk on the left. Businesses line both sides of the street, and there is a sta...
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Clowns at Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: A line of clowns and assorted pantomime animals dressed up for Cheese Day. The animals include; a horse, a woodchuck, a bear, a giraffe and an elephant. A ...
Postcard

Main Street Looking North

Date: 08 30 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view looking down Main Street. A hotel and livery are on the left, with another hotel and jewelry store on the right. Automobiles and...
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Hotel and Feed Barn

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Description: Photographic postcard of view across muddy road of a man wearing a suit and standing on the porch of the two-story Hotel and Feed Barn. Two signs next to h...
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Group of People on a Stagecoach

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a group of people posing sitting on a stagecoach pulled by a team of four horses wearing flynets. The stagecoach is in f...
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Residence of H.A. Bright; Formerly the United States Hotel

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Description: View along fence and driveway towards a large white two-story wooden building with a porch and balcony. Several individuals are standing at different point...
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Fox Lake Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Fox Lake Hotel, with several guests on the porch and balcony. Horses and buggies are in the street. The Fox Lake Livery Stable is next...

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