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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | W.F. Trukenbrod posing on the sidewalk underneath the awning of his store for this New Year's postcard. Text on right reads: "We Wish You A Happy New Year ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a sawmill and the distant town in the background. Stacks of logs are in the lumberyard. Along the bottom is a New Year's greeting in Germa... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Colorized view. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Grounds, Lake Monona, Madison in Distance." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Indian cemetery. A large body of water is in the background. Caption reads: "Indian Burying Grounds, Bayfield, Wis." |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two aerial views of Waukesha, looking east. Captions read: "Centennial Souvenir Post Card 1834-1934," "Waukesha Wisconsin — 1860 (Lookng East)" and "Waukes... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of Santa Claus and his reindeer riding on the top wing of a bi-plane. More sacks of toys and wrapped gifts are on the lower wing. Buildings an... |
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| Description: | View of building. Text in English and German reads: "A Happy New Year" and "Glueckliches Neujahr." Caption at bottom reads: "The Wells Building." and "Well... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard with two birds perched on an ice coated horseshoe hanging on a snow-covered tree branch. Several houses and hills are visible in the backg... |
| Date: | 08 1971 |
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| Description: | Color postcard elevated view towards the altar of the Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church. A Christmas tree is on the right. |
| Date: | 08 19 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the crowd gathered to see the laying of the corner stone for the new Episcopal Church. Men and women, many of them wearing hats, a... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a church with cemetery and farmhouses and rolling hills in the distance. Caption reads: "Ashippun, Wis." |
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| Description: | Menu from the United States Lines with an illustration of the Eiffel Tower and an oval portrait of the SS Leviathan, "World's Largest Liner, [which]... |
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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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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Labor Day parade with more than thirty identical automobiles in a long line. Crowds are watching from the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Mill... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Souvenir Folder. Includes ten postcard views. An aerial view of Darlington; Soldier's Monument; LaFayette County Fairgrounds; Main Street Bridge; Masonic T... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of women and girls, some wearing hats or carrying a parasol, walking along an unpaved street. There is a large canvas tent in the background, with... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Postcard of a view of a man wearing a straw boater passing out flags to children on the Fourth of July. Text on reverse, "Sane 4th." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street on the Fourth of July. Many flags are hanging from buildings. Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles are on the sidewalks and in... |
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