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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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Ellis Avenue

Date: 1907
Description: View of a car driving down Ellis Avenue. Neighborhood homes line the street behind the car. The post office tower is in the background.
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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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Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view towards Main Street. Sheds and dwellings are along both sides. A man is standing on the right corner and a dog is in the middle ...
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Broad Street, Looking East

Date: 1915
Description: View down a tree-lined street in a residential neighborhood featuring large houses with porches. There is an automobile driving down the street and a man w...
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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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View of Quarry from Cemetery

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Description: Partially colorized view looking down at a quarry. On the other side of the quarry is the town of Berlin, with dwellings and commercial buildings. Caption ...
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Black River Flood

Date: 10 05 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood in a residential neighborhood. A man is picking up pieces of wood in the road. Large piles of debris...
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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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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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Eau Claire High School

Date: 1910
Description: Eau Claire High School building at the intersection of two streets. Ornate brick and stone building with turrets and spires. Caption reads: "Eau Claire Hig...
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Corner East and Rockwell Streets looking West

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Description: View from street of a residential neighborhood, showing houses with porches, trees along the street, and a man on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Corner East...
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Army Unit Marching

Date: 1909
Description: View across road and grass towards a group of soldiers marching through a Fox Lake neighborhood.

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