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Bear Cubs at the Corner Bar

Date: 07 21
Description: Photographic postcard of two bear cubs at the Corner Bar. They are hanging out of a cardboard Blatz Beer box. The caption reads: "A Shot & a Beer & a Gin f...
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Hunters and Fishermans Tavern

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Description: View of the bar at John Kinziger and son's Hunters and Fishermans Tavern. A man, presumably John Kinziger, stands behind the bar. The walls are covered wit...
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Everyone Is Friendly at Trapper's Lake Inn

Date: 1948
Description: Barefoot boy sitting on a bar and feeding a fawn with a bottle. There is a Schlitz sign on the wall behind the bar and a handwritten sign listing Pabst, Sc...
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The Gateway Inn

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Description: Postcard of an empty bar and lounge. In the foreground are a number of circular seating areas of booths along a mirrored wall. The bar runs along the right...
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Phil's Lake Nokomis Resort

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Description: Kodak photographic postcard of the interior of a restaurant with a long bar. Bottles are stacked next the picture windows behind the bar. A piano is in an ...
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Railrod Street, Independence, Wis.

Date: 1913
Description: View across unpaved intersection towards businesses, including the A. Garthus building with a grocery/general store, the State Bank of Independence, the Th...
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West Side Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View across unpaved street towards a city block, (Williams Block) lined with businesses. They include: H.A. Kypke Dry Goods, Heimstreets Drug Store, and a ...
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Hunters and Fishermens Tavern — John Kinzinger and Son

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a wall of mounted fish, deer and assorted stuffed birds. A display of postcards is on the left. There is a window on the righ...
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The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin". Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
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The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
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The Buckhorn

Date: 1925
Description: Text on front reads: "'The Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wis." The Buckhorn Tavern had an amazing display of taxidermy and curios, including some hoaxes: a shovel-...
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The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on the reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete withou...
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Street Scene

Date: 06 21 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Shiocton, Wis." Horse-drawn wagons are hitched in front of storefronts on an unpaved street. A horse on the right wears...
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Post Office Block

Date: 02 23 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office Building, Whitehall, Wis." Known as the "Post Office Block," the building was constructed in 1898 by postmaster Christoph...

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