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Happy New Year from Trukenbrod's

Date: 1919
Description: W.F. Trukenbrod posing on the sidewalk underneath the awning of his store for this New Year's postcard. Text on right reads: "We Wish You A Happy New Year ...
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Sternwheel Steamboat J.S.

Date: 1907
Description: The sternwheel excursion boat, J.S., at a landing at Cassville. People with umbrellas wait on shore. Inscribed Souvenir J.S. The J.S....
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Richard M. Nixon and Family

Date: 1952
Description: Group portrait of Richard M. Nixon and his family during the 1952 presidential election campaign when he was the running mate in Dwight D. Eisenhower's suc...
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Curtiss with Langley's Aerodrome

Date: 06 1914
Description: The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport.
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Theodore Roosevelt with Art Smith

Date: 1915
Description: Former President Theodore Roosevelt with pilot Art Smith and his Curtiss Pusher at the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
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First Wisconsin Aviator

Date: 1910
Description: The Curtiss Pusher owned by Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit, the first man to fly in Wisconsin and the first person to purchase an airplane. Slightly below ...
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Construction of Lubertzy Works

Date: 1910
Description: Men, including construction workers, on a building site at International Harvester's Lubertzy Works in Russia.
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Spring Bank Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Spring Bank monastery. Man kneeling in from of one of the Stations of the Cross. This is probably part of the Cistercian monastery. Caption reads: "Station...
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Circus Performers in Front of the Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1908
Description: Circus performers posed in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society, then known as the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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Doorway, Devils [sic] Lake

Date: 11 10 1901
Description: Photographic postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. A man is sitting on the formation, wearing a suit and a ...
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People Posing in front of House

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Description: Photographic postcard of a group of adults posing in front of a brick house. The house has a patterned design on the exterior. Below the peak of the roof, ...
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People with Flags Posing in front of House

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Description: Photographic postcard of group of people posing in front of a two-story wooden home with a large porch on which American Flags are displayed. A windmill st...
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Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
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Moore's Lakeside Resort on Brown's Lake

Date: 07 18 1915
Description: Black and white postcard of Moore's Lakeside Resort on Brown's Lake. Staff and/or visitors are posing on the front porch and on the lawn. The wrap-around b...
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of Main Street. Several men and boys are outside of a store with H.A. Olsen printed on the awning. One boy is holding a ball. Th...
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Emil Seidel in Front of His House

Date: 04 18 1910
Description: Emil Seidel (left) stands in front of his house with a young girl and another man. Other adults and children are in the background across the street. He wa...
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Two Views of Ferries

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Description: Two images of ferries as printed on a postcard. The top image is the ferry "Colsac" on the Wisconsin River. The bottom image is simply described as an earl...
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"Hay-making"

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company of a photograph of a group of men loading bales of hay onto a horse-drawn wagon. Some of the men ap...
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Man in a Suit Standing on a Stoop

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Description: Portrait of Ollie Bordson standing on the stoop of a house. He is wearing a double breasted, belted coat over a suit. In the window to the left is a Red Cr...
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Man Standing Next To Headstone

Date: 1930
Description: A man stands next to a headstone in a cemetery. He is wearing a suit and hat. The name on the headstone is "LOKKE."

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