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Men and Automobile

Date: 1910
Description: View from sidewalk of men dressed in hats and jackets exiting an automobile at the curb. There is snow along the curb, and across the street are billboards...
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Wisconsin State Historical Society Building

Date: 1967
Description: Color postcard of an exterior view of the Wisconsin State Historical Society Building, now the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Students a...
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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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Hotel Butterfield

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Description: Color view of the Hotel Butterfield. A man is standing on the sidewalk, leaning against a pole. Caption reads: "Hotel Butterfield, Antigo, Wis."
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After the Snow

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Description: Photographic postcard scene of a neighborhood in Antigo after a snowfall. Snow is covering the trees in front yards and the streets. A young boy is standin...
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West Park Drive

Date: 04 1906
Description: View of West Park Drive. Wooden railings line the road and a wooden walkway is on the right. A man wearing a cap is driving an automobile across the drive....
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Emil Seidel in Front of His House

Date: 04 18 1910
Description: Emil Seidel (left) stands in front of his house with a young girl and another man. Other adults and children are in the background across the street. He wa...
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Man Leaving for Work

Date: 12 30 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of a man stepping onto the sidewalk in front of his home. A woman on the porch is watching as he leaves. He is wearing an overcoat an...
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Men Outside a Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men standing on the sidewalk outside a local business. The sign on the far left of the image is for a restaurant, and the other buildings furthe...
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Flood Scene

Date: 1911
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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Car and Passengers in front of Witt Studio

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Description: Photographic postcard of a man, woman and young girl posing in their Buick convertible in front of the Matthew Witt Photographic Studio. Another woman stan...
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Walker's Point Neighborhood Funeral

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Description: View down a snowy street. Men and women, one with a baby, are bundled up against the snowy winter weather, and are lining both sides of the street. Carriag...
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A Neighborhood Gathering

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Description: Group portrait of neighborhood children and adults gathered on a street in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood of Walker's Point that is being re-paved. Many ...
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Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down sidewalk along unpaved, snow-covered Main Street. Men are standing on the sidewalk, and near them is a man standing on a horse-drawn delivery sle...
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Upper Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard view looking down the center of Main Street towards a group of children standing in a row in the center of the street. There is a hor...
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Depot on a Rainy Day

Date: 1908
Description: View across road towards the Chetek train depot on a rainy day. People are walking along the platform and walkway, some carrying umbrellas. Caption reads: ...
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Two Men in Horse-Drawn Buggy

Date: 1912
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of two men in a horse-drawn buggy parked in the middle of a unpaved street. Storefronts and pedestrians are behind th...
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Miller & Jones Hardware Store

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Description: View of the storefront of Miller & Jones Hardware, with two men standing at the entrance. Horses and carts are parked in the street. A Masonic symbol is in...
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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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Residence of J.C. Fleming

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Description: View from water towards a large private home on a hill on Lake Geneva. People are walking on a large pier at the water's edge, and rowboats are moored at t...

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