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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Chippewa Falls from the south side of the river below the falls. Includes the Sheely House Tavern, railway buildings, box cars, a train with five passenger... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a pumping station with a tall smokestack. Caption reads: "Pumping Station, Racine, Wis." |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men smoking cigars and wearing summer hats. Joseph Bowar is sitting, and his brother, Jacob Bowar, is... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mike Virnig, standing with a cigarette in his hand. He is dressed in western style clothing, possibly for... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men, all dressed in overalls, standing together. One man is holding a cigar. The two men... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of two unidentified men in front of a painted backdrop standing for their studio portrait. They are both dressed in suits and t... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men looking at document that Mel Esser, sitting, is holding in his hand. Charlie "Breaky" Brendler, w... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a man sitting in a chair rolling a cigarette in front of a painted backdrop. A tin of Prince Albert Tobacco sits on his knee. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men with cigarettes. From left to right, Mel Pick, Charlie Lenter of Milwaukee, Alphouse Frank, and ... |
| Date: | 07 19 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the exterior of the first store and hotel in Antigo. A baby carriage is sitting outside the front door to the building, and a pile... |
| Date: | 06 28 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man holding a cigar stands near a Gilt Edge Liberty furnace. The R.J. Schwab and Sons Co. in Milwaukee sold Liberty and Pipeless furnaces for over fifty ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A man with a moustache stands smoking a cigar behind a hotel reservation desk. Behind him is a clock on the wall and a gramophone. A glass case on the coun... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking west over the Montello Granite Company's works framed by an irregular mask. Two wooden derricks and irregular blocks of granite are i... |
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| Description: | Ektachrome postcard of a group of people standing near the smokehouse and water pump. Text on reverse reads: "Outside the summer kitchen stands the old ... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the warehouse and cold storage building of the Northern Wisconsin Produce Company at 1310 Clark Street. Two workmen are icing th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Power House at the Dam." Elevated view of the powerhouse, which is a very large brick and concrete structure next to the Prairie du S... |
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