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Pines and Corner of Dining Room — Fallhall Glen

Date: 1934
Description: An exterior view of a log sided building in the woods. Caption reads: "Pines and Corner of Dining Room — Fallhall Glen, Black River Falls, Wis."
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Cary Mine Office and Machine Shop

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Description: View of the Cary Mine office building. Caption reads: "Cary Mine Office & Machine Shop, Hurley, Wis.
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Hotel Swoboda, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Date: 1919
Description: Color postcard showing a three-story building, which has several signs indicating it is the Hotel Swoboda. Three cars are parked outside the building, and ...
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Masonic Temple, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Date: 1928
Description: Color postcard showing a two-story brick building with a sign indicating it is a Masonic temple. A streetlight is in front of the building. At the bottom o...
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Roll of Slackers, Monroe

Date: 1917
Description: A sign outside a building reads "Slackers" and includes a list of names: David Englehardt of Browntown, and John Hoffmeister of Jords. The sign is credited...
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View from Top of Court-House

Date: 1915
Description: Text at top reads: "Racine, Wis. View from Top of Court-House." An elevated view of Racine including the harbor. Buildings, rooftops, signs, the gas works ...
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Lake Michigan from Top of Court House

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Text at top reads: "Lake Michigan from Top of Court House, Racine, Wisconsin." An elevated view of Racine including the harbor. Buildings, rooftops, signs,...
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Hotel Racine

Date: 1938
Description: View of the Hotel Racine with a yellow and red side bar on the right. Lake Michigan is in the background. Text reads: "Hotel Racine, Overlooking Lake Michi...
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Davenport Street

Date: 07 19 1923
Description: Text on front reads: "Davenport St. - Rhinelander, Wis." View of Davenport Street looking east towards the Oneida County Courthouse. Many businesses line t...
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Richfield, Wisconsin

Date: 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Richfield, Wis." View of an unpaved main street in a small town. There are storefronts on both sides, with sidewalks, trees, fences a...
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Public School

Date: 09 02 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Public School, Ridgeway, Wis." A two-story clapboard building with a belfry, surrounded by a lawn with sidewalks. Dwellings can be se...
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Ripon Knitting Works

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Ripon Knitting Works, Ripon, Wis." A large, brick, three-story building with windows to the basement in the foundation. It has an arc...
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Hotel Engelbright and Masonic Temple

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Engelbright and Masonic Temple, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel and Temple stand together on the right side of an unpaved street. There ...
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Patriotic Crowd

Date: 1914
Description: A crowd of adults and children are standing in a line with American Flags on a brick street. There is a large, three-story brick building on the right. In ...
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Public Library

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Public Library, Ripon, Wis." A one-story brick and stone building with a basement level surrounded by sidewalks. A women is walking a...
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Republican House Restaurant

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School...
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Home of the Fourierites

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Home of the Fourierites, Ripon, Wis. Established May 27, 1844 by followers of Charles Fourier in Ceresco Valley, now a part of Ripon....
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Winter Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Winter Scene, Rochester, Wis." Snow covers a long, two-story brick building and dwellings in a small town. Snow is mounded up against...
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St. Mary's Institute

Date: 03 27 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Mary's Institute, St. Francis, Wis." A Catholic School for Girls opened in 1904. It is a three-story building on an elevated foun...
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Lathop Hall, University of Wisconsin

Date: 12 02 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Lathop Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis." View of hall from across University Avenue on the University of Wisconsin-Madiso...

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