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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Children on pony rides at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard down road toward a building on the right. Signs indicate that the Post Office and Fire Marshall can be found within. Two automobiles ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a train stopped at the Chicago & North West railroad station. A small group of people stand in the grass waiting beside the tracks... |
| Date: | 07 21 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across dirt road toward two men and a child sitting on the sidewalk in front of a house in residential area. Caption reads: "Sce... |
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| Description: | Elevated photographic postcard view of Main Street with horses and carts along the street. Dwellings and commercial buildings are on both sides of the stre... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view of a lunch stand advertising buttered popcorn, ice cream cones and cigars. Groups of men, women and children are... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A color photographic view from a balcony of the enclosed courtyard at the Holiday Inn on Clairemont Avenue, showing the pool and a swing set. |
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| Description: | The Eagle Inn, a two-story wooden structure with a gabled roof, balcony and porch. Women and children are gathered on the front steps. A dog is running in ... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a Washington Island ferry docked at Gills Rock, with an automobile in the hold and tourists on board. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View of a central business district, with an I.G.A. Grocery Store, a filling station, a Dodge car dealer, and a tavern. Automobiles are parked at the curb.... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a general store. There is a group of people gathered on the porch. Caption reads: "John Mahlberg, General MDSE, Jericho, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a central business location. A drugstore is on the left, and a post office is on the right. A horse and buggy and an automobi... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view down pier towards a lakeside hotel. Tourists are standing on the pier, and are also on the lawn. A sign at the shoreline framing... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards a central business district, with a printer, a meat market, and a livery stable. A small crowd is gathered on the sidewalk... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored elevated view from across the street toward a three-story hotel with verandas on the second and third floors. People are sitting on the lawn o... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across tracks towards a small railroad depot, with people gathered on the platform. A locomotive belching smoke is approaching the depot. |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the road through a small settlement. A dwelling and a service station are on the right. A general store on the left is on the... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved road going through a settlement. A meat market with a public telephone is on the left, with a group of people gathered on the sidewalk in... |
| Date: | 08 28 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Depot and Train, Spring Gren [sic], Wis." A train station with the depot on the left and a locomotive on the right. Adults and childr... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Spring Green Fair." A parade through a town on an unpaved road. A horse-drawn buggy is decorated with "Erin Go Bragh" flags and folia... |
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