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Jackson Street

Date: 1910
Description: Residential view of Jackson Street. A person is standing in the street with a bicycle, and two people are walking along the sidewalk on the right. Caption ...
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Third Street Parade

Date: 1910
Description: View looking South down Third Street near Scott. The street is filled with a large crowd, bikes and automobiles. Banners and flags are along the sidewalk i...
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Racine Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view across street towards the Racine Public Library. There are several people standing on the front steps.
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St. Mary's Church

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view from street towards the front and right side of St. Mary's Church.
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Washington Park Gazebo

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Description: Visitors around a gazebo or pavilion in Washington Park. A group of people are posing on the curved stairway on the right side of the pavilion. Caption rea...
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Lake Park and Drive

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Description: Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1969
Description: Photographic holiday postcard of a couple on their bikes in a driveway. Shrubs and palm trees surround them. A map of the Pacific Ocean is in the backgroun...
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High and Grade School

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Description: Tinted photographic postcard of Cable's High and Grade School building. A flag flies on the right, and a group of children are looking out of a second stor...
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International A-110 Truck Postcard

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising postcard featuring a color illustration of a man driving an International A-110 truck for "B&H Florist."
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Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated, colorized postcard view of a street in a central business district. Streetcar tracks run down the center of the street, and automobiles are drivi...
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James Street Looking West

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photograph looking west along James Street, with pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, and an automobile. City Hall is in the right backgrou...
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Public School

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view from street of the brick public school, with bell tower. Caption reads: "Public School, De Forest, Wis."
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Milwaukee Street

Date: 1950
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of Milwaukee Street, with storefronts, parked cars and a small monument in the middle of the street. Caption reads: "...
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Interested Spectators Watching a Flight at the Lawson Aviation Field

Date: 05 04 1918
Description: Fourteen children standing or lying down behind a barbed wire fence in a field, facing the camera. The postcard caption says they are watching an "MT2 for ...
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Farwell Street — Looking North

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Description: View down center of a street lined with trees in a residential neighborhood. Horse-drawn buggies are in the distance. Caption reads: "Farwell Street — Look...
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Main Street, Looking South, Showing the Hotel Erving

Date: 1909
Description: View of Main Street with the E.R Smith Printing Company on the left and the Hotel Erving on the right. Buggies and bicycles are on the street. There is a t...
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Fire Damage; Congregational Church

Date: 09 28 1908
Description: The Congregational Church after it was destroyed by fire in 1908. Caption reads: "Cong. Church."
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Post Office

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Description: Photographic postcard view across street towards the post office, with a girl standing at the top of the steps at the entrance. A bicycle is parked at the ...
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Fox Lake Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Fox Lake Hotel, with several guests on the porch and balcony. Horses and buggies are in the street. The Fox Lake Livery Stable is next...
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R.H. Runge; General Merchandise

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of R.H. Runge's General Merchandise store. A woman and two men are standing near the entrance. Penciled-in note on reverse reads: "Burned ...

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