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Pettibone Peabody Retail Store

Date: 1909
Description: Front view of the Pettibone Peabody retail store. A large store with four stories situated on a corner. An automobile is at the curb and pedestrians on the...
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Knight Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: This building was named the Knight Block and contained retail on the first floor, business offices on the second floor and the Knight Hotel on the third, f...
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Main Street, Looking West

Date: 1907
Description: View along sidewalk of Main Street, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and walking across the street. Storefronts line both sides of the street. Caption read...
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Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: Main Street, looking east, people standing on sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages on street. Signs on one building read: "City Meat Market." Caption reads: ...
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Business District

Date: 10 04 1909
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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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of Main Street. Several men and boys are outside of a store with H.A. Olsen printed on the awning. One boy is holding a ball. Th...
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International A-100 Truck Postcard

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising postcard featuring a color illustration of a woman and children in the cab of an International A-100 pickup truck with the text: "Silver Wheel ...
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Looking North on Main Street

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Description: Colorized postcard of Main Street. On the left is E.J. Anthony, Barber, with a barber pole in front of the building. Other businesses can be seen, many wit...
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Main Street, Deer Park

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard looking down the center of unpaved Main Street. People are standing in front of commercial buildings on the right, ne...
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Jefferson Street

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Description: View across Jefferson Street toward several storefronts and horse-drawn vehicles on the right. Near the Gustave [__]ner Harness Shop is a man seated on a w...
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James G. Dunn Grocery

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right.

Handwritten on the...

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Patriotic Parade

Date: 04 1917
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of a patriotic parade marching from the Capital towards lower State Street. Spectators are lined up and watching ...
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Main Street East from 2nd

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized view looking down Main Street. Businesses include a printer, a furniture store, and a telegraph office. A church is on the horizon. Two women are...
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South Main Street Scene

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Description: Real Photo Post Card of a South Main Street scene. Men and women walk along the sidewalks and many horse-drawn vehicles are tethered in front of the stores...
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Bannerman Avenue

Date: 08 20 1910
Description: Text on front: "Bannerman Ave., Redgranite, Wis." View of Bannerman Avenue, an unpaved street in a small town. A horse-drawn buggy is stopped in the street...
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Two Men in Meat Market

Date: 1907
Description: Note on reverse reads: "Windsor Blaisdell of Rhinelander in meat-market of this old store." He is standing behind the wood stove, and the butcher is leanin...
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Court Street

Date: 10 16 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Court Street, Richland Center, Wis." Pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks of a main street, with many businesses on each side. Se...
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Street Scene

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Richland Ctr., Wis." Pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks of a main street, with many businesses on each side. A st...
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North Main Street

Date: 08 12 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "North Main St., Thorp, Wis." Storefronts with awnings line an unpaved street with paved sidewalks, a horse-drawn wagon travels down t...
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Main Street South

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street South - Seymour, Wis." Men and horse-drawn vehicles in the unpaved street with storefronts on both sides. The men are wea...

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