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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops towards a main street during berry season. Horse-drawn wagons are gathered further down the street near an intersection. The Mo... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Turner Opera Hose with the Manitowoc County Courthouse in the background. Horses pull a wagonload of hay at right. Caption reads: "The... |
| Date: | 07 20 1950 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A log building stands to the left and the chassis of a wagon to the right. Text below reads: "Scene at L... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the Kissel Motor Car Company. The elevated view shows the factory buildings, water towers, railroad cars and track. A dirigib... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down curving road and fields toward the works. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Vinegar Works And Red Star Yeast Company, Cudahy, Wis." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) fuselage in profile. The fuselage is carried by a truck, with a man sitting in the driver's se... |
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| Description: | View across field towards a factory where band instruments are manufactured. A water tower with "Holton Band Instruments" painted on it is in the backgroun... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Elroy Hospital. The two-story building has a wrap-around porch. In the background is a field with piles of harvested grain. Caption re... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a community fair with tents set up for exhibits. Two buildings with signs are just beyond the tents on the midway, with signs that read, o... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A man in an overcoat is leaning against a parked car, with a man in overalls standing next to him. A sign in the car window reads: "Your stock needs Occo M... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Illustrated postcard view of the exterior of Bancroft Dairy, and an inset at top left of Charmany Farms. Near the entrance of the dairy are chairs set arou... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Amos and Andy, Gene Murray's Ox Team, Reedsburg, Wis." Mr. Murray posing with his oxen team and covered wagon. Text on the wagon cove... |
| Date: | 09 18 1925 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Paper Mill Dam, Rhinelander, Wis." View of the outflow of the Rhinelander Paper Mill dam, on the Wisconsin River, that powers the mil... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Read Cedar River, Rice Lake, Wis." and "Hand-Colored." A view down the railroad tracks, over a metal bridge spanning a river. In the ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lovers Lane, Sauk City, Wis." An unpaved, rural road with a wooden guard rail on both sides. A sign reads: "Automobiles Go Slow." Beh... |
| Date: | 06 19 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Marrow [sic] St., on Stock Fair Day, Seymour, Wis." Elevated view looking West on Morrow Street, the name is misspelled on the front... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Reeves Roadside Market, Highway 14 East of Spring Green. Telephone (608)588-2744 or 588-3996. Home Grown Fruits and Vegetables in s... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green." On the reverse it reads: "Palomino Mare and Colts." Three horses and a foal graze in a pasture. Three a... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Nightingale Supper Club and Lorraine Supper Club, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Aerial view of the two businesses on State Highway Business 42,... |
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