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A Girl and Boy Dressed as Nurse and Soldier

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a girl dressed as a nurse and a boy dressed as a soldier standing in front of a painted backdrop. He holds a rifle and she i...
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Man and Young Girl

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Charles Faust, seated in a chair, holding Lynne Faust Hilgers on his lap. He is wearing a shi...
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Watch the Modern Drugstore Grow

Date: 1908
Description: View the from the street of a building being remodeled to accommodate two businesses: a drugstore on the ground floor and a postal sub-station on the secon...
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Old Wade House; Spare Bedroom

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Description: Text on reverse reads: "On the second floor landing of the back stairs is a 'spare' bedroom with its trundle bed. Early travelers' accounts describe Wade H...
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Main Street

Date: 1914
Description: Photographic postcard view down unpaved Main Street. There is a print shop and a hotel on the left, and a dentist's office and a barber shop on the right. ...
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S. Central Ave. Looking South from 2nd Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of a paved street in a central business district lined with street lamps. Hotel Blodgett is on the right, and a fire hydrant is on the corner. Caption...
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Waukesha Springs Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Waukesha Springs Sanitarium, Waukesha, Wis." The sanitarium was constructed in 1903 as a large resort/hospital facility by Dr. Byron ...
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Main Street

Date: 01 27 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Spring Green, Wis." Storefronts are on both sides of an unpaved street, and the sidewalks and crosswalks are cement. A h...
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Moor Mud Baths

Date: 1927
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Enjoying a Health Bath at Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesha, Wisconsin. 'America's Most Famous Moor (Mud) Bath Institution.' An ideal plac...
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Title

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Description: Text on front reads: "Private Bath Room, Ladies' Moor (Mud) Bath Dept., Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesha, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesh...
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Mill Street, Looking North

Date: 06 23 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Mill St., Weyauwega, Wis., Looking North." An unpaved street with horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians. Storefronts and sidewalks lin...

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