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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Free Public Library with a woman, children, and a dog on its front lawn. Caption reads: "Free Public Library, Two Rivers, Wis." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Two girls wearing white dresses ride a pig, sitting back-to-back. One girl holds the pig's tail and the other holds its ears. A boy pokes the pig's haunch ... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a giant trout resting on the back of a bright red flatbed pickup truck. Children look on with awe; one is pointing at the trout. White curs... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a giant grasshopper lifting an anchored basket with a baby girl inside. The rope tethered to the basket has a large American flag attached ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of school children exercising in the schoolyard. Boys and girls are on separate sides of the yard. All are the students are ... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Monkey Island, a popular attraction at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). It was built in the 1930s as a WPA project and modeled after one in the Hagen... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Two boys haul four giant plums using a small wagon pulled by two white goats. One boy is holding the reins. The boys are wearing jackets and caps. The back... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard with a girl peering through a wreath of holly. Her coat, mittens, hat and boots are light blue. She has a fur muff with holly in it hangin... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Circus performers posed in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society, then known as the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 10 04 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the business district in Blue River. Stores and a wooden boardwalk line the dirt street, and horse-drawn wagons wait in front of t... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of workmen and young boys posing with horses and hand tools. They are working on an excavating project near Boscobel. |
| Date: | 07 01 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Main Street. Many people can be seen on the sidewalks and flags decorate the buildings. The street is not paved and several horse-... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Aniwa Mercantile Company building (1903), housing Block and Krom's Store. A horse-drawn cart is parked in front of the store a... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the Hotel Carley. Two women are sitting on the far left steps of the hotel. One man is sitting in a chair near the entrance, ... |
| Date: | 09 1907 |
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| Description: | Two harnessed black oxen are standing near a clothing shop. A young boy's face is visible behind the oxen. Jackets are hanging from hooks outside the shop.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Color postcard decorated on the border with autumn-colored leaves and an American flag crest on the top, center, and a banner which reads, "American Homest... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A boy and girl walk down a path. She has her hand on his shoulder, and is wearing a dress and hat carrying a sack. He is dressed in shirt, knickers, stocki... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the Baptist Church with a bell tower above the entrance. There is a group of children gathered on the front s... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down a pine tree-lined road. On the road is a woman, a dog and a child posing together. Caption reads: "Scene at Baileys Harbor,... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a street scene. Groups of people are gathered along the sidewalks near storefronts. A building on the left has a painted sign... |
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