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Tall-tale Postcard: Big Pike

Date: 1910
Description: A group of working class men stand staring at a giant pike fish resting on a long, wooden horse-drawn sled. The scene takes place in an industrial district...
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Pabst Brewing Kettles

Date: 1955
Description: Postcard of the Pabst Brewery showing an elevated view of men working near the copper kettles in a vaulted room. There is a large, stained glass window on ...
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Three Views of Beaver Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Postcard with three illustrations — the Cotton Mills, the First M.E. Church, and the High School.
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Frank Holton & Co., Band Instruments

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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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Journal Square

Date: 1971
Description: Text on front reads: "Journal Square. Fountain by Dick Wiken, Sculptor, Shorewood, Wisconsin." Text on reverse: "Journal Square. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The ...
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Creamery

Date: 02 18 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Creamery, Story, Wis." Two men pose in front of a two-story, clapboard creamery with a lean-to. The building has a cupola and a stair...
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Enger-Kress Pocketbook Company

Date: 1902
Description: Text on front reads: "West Bend, Wis.,_______190___" with space for the date. An engraving of the Enger-Kress Pocket Book Company printed in blue ink. Orig...

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