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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view toward the Chippewa Shoe Manufacturing Company building, Bay Street & River Street, looking north. Caption reads: "Chippewa Shoe Mfg... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view from the street of the Goodwin block, featuring a hotel and a pharmacy. Several bicycles are parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Go... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Methodist Church at 213 South Second Street. Congregation established — 1838; Present sanctuary built — 1864; Enlarged and remodele... |
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| Description: | View across field towards a factory where band instruments are manufactured. A water tower with "Holton Band Instruments" painted on it is in the backgroun... |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Cook Hotel. There are rod iron balconies above the entrance, and fire escapes are on the side. Caption reads: "Cook Ho... |
| Date: | 11 01 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Post Block, Spring Green, Wis." Erected by George F. Post in 1894, the three-story Post Block consisted of a west half and an east ha... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Crowds standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. People are being rescued with a ladder and others have esca... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Palace Theatre, Superior, Wis." A brick theatre with many windows and ornate decorative elements on the exterior. A child is on the s... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Village Hall, Whitehall, Wis." Built in 1912 of brick in the Romanesque Revival style. A memorial sign of honoring veterans, and a la... |
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