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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street on the Capitol Square. Caption reads: "Main Street, looking West." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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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| Description: | View across water towards a large ferry docked at the fishing wharf. A large group of people are standing on the pier, and passengers are standing at the r... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of passenger train cars that have just arrived. A crowd of people are lined up waiting for the passengers to disembark, and some are ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of the Circus Parade on a rainy day. Crowds of people line the street, and many are holding umbrellas. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a train wreck. Survivors and onlookers are gathered on and around the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Wreck... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view looking out at people standing, and some fishing, on the Northport pier at Death's Door, with the bay in the background. |
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| Description: | Exterior view across street toward two industrial buildings. A group of people are gathered in the street in front. Caption reads: "Cedarburg Woolen Mills,... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across road towards the Chetek train depot on a rainy day. People are walking along the platform and walkway, some carrying umbrellas. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across lake towards a line of sailboats at the dock of the Yacht Club. People are standing on the pier, and on the boathouse. |
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| Description: | Hand-colored elevated view of the Yahara River. Two people are in a rowboat in the center, and on the right, two people are fishing from a pier along the r... |
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| Description: | The steamer "Ideal" docked at Fountain City with passengers disembarking. Caption reads: "Steamer 'Ideal' Excursion, Fountain City, Wis." |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Steamer "Harriet A. Hart," with many passengers on board, and smoke coming out of the smokestack. Caption reads: "Steamer Har... |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic view of the lakefront and pool at the Northern Baptist Assembly compound. Patio chairs and tables with umbrellas are on the la... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Lake Hayward Motel. One story L-shaped white building. There is a gravel parking lot, and patio furniture with an umbrella is on the l... |
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| Description: | Street view of Lake Street in the town of Lake Mills. A horse-drawn cart has a parasol advertising O&E Patton's Sun-Proof Paints. Businesses in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of a crowd watching two groups of men racing while pulling carts. The runners on the right are wearing jerseys that read: "Horicon." Caption reads: "H... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of a pavilion, and a pier in the foreground. Rowboats are docked at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Pavilion, Conference Point, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
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| Description: | View towards a small airport with seating under umbrella's on a patio. A small plane is parked on the tarmac in the right foreground. Caption reads: "King'... |
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