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Scene in Residence Section

Date: 07 21 1909
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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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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Man with Two Wheeled Hand Cart

Date: 1920
Description: John Virnig, Sr., harness maker, grips the handle of a two wheeled hand cart as he poses on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. He is wearing a hat, shirt and ...
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Three Boys with Wagon in Snow

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Description: Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding...
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Family Posing in front of House

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of a house with a family posing in front.
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E.V.L. Parish

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard view of a town block with a church and two houses along a tree-lined street. Two young children are standing on the sidewalk. Caption...
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Telephone Company Workmen

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of telephone company workmen erecting telephone pole with a horse-drawn derrick.
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Newton Avenue

Date: 1911
Description: View across field of Newton Avenue. A group of people are posed in the field near trees, and houses are line the avenue on the left and right. Caption read...
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John Hahn Piano and Furniture Moving

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Description: View from the street of John Hahn standing on the right with a horse hitched to a passenger wagon. In the center is the furniture moving wagon he owns, in ...
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John Hahn Furniture Moving

Date: 1906
Description: John Hahn is leaning on a motorized moving van in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood of Walker's Point. At the steering wheel is a man, with another seated n...
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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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Walker's Point Neighborhood Funeral

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Description: An elaborate funeral hearse is pulled up to a house with the back doors open, waiting to be loaded with the casket. There are many men and women bundled up...
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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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Young Baseball Player

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Description: A young baseball player poses outside the porch of his S. Sixth St. Walker's Point neighborhood home. He is wearing a baseball uniform with cap, and is hol...
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522 First Avenue

Date: 1908
Description: View from the street of three people standing in front of a small house. There is a small Oeil-de-boeuf window in the upper story. The windows have shutter...
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Society Hill

Date: 1906
Description: Four large, wood frame houses are seen in this view looking west along Lake Avenue. A small brick house with front bay window is visible through the open p...
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Copeland Park Playground

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Description: Hand-colored view of a group of children at a playground with swings, see-saws and a slide. Caption reads: "Copeland Park Playground, La Crosse, Wis."
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Cyclone Aftermath

Date: 10 10 1913
Description: View looking down towards two men standing on a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood after a tornado. There are damaged trees, and part of a wooden wall ...
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Center Street Looking East

Date: 07 15 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Center Street Looking East, Whitewater, Wis." Homes and trees on a street in a neighborhood. Passengers in an automobile are parked i...

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