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View of Conrath

Date: 1909
Description: View across the railroad tracks towards downtown area, including The Faast Land Company and General Merchandise store, as well as a sign for the Faast Land...
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: West from Third Street. Advertising signs for Schlitz, People's Credit Clothing Co., Peoples Dentist, and other businesses line the buildings along the roa...
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Flood at Black River Falls

Date: 10 06 1911
Description: View of Monsos Brothers Grocery & Crockery after most of the building was washed away by the flooding Black River. High, rushing water can be seen on the r...
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Lincoln J. Carter's Play "Chattanooga"

Date: 1902
Description: View from the street of a billboard wall along a sidewalk, advertising Lincoln J. Carter's melodrama play, "Chattanooga." It is playing one night, January ...
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Dr. W.H. Perrigo Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist

Date: 1907
Description: A horse-drawn cart, marked B.C. Horsch, is waiting near Dr. W.H. Perrigo's veterinary and dental business in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood in Milwaukee....
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North Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photograph looking across unpaved North Main Street towards commercial buildings. Two horse-drawn carriages and one horse-drawn freight wag...
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Hotel Lake View

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the Hotel Lake View at Dartford. It was built in 1891 by Henry Oelke and located at the corner of Hill and Gold Streets. It is no ...
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Scene at the Pier, Death's Door

Date: 1940
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm...
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Lunch Stand at Durand

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of a lunch stand advertising buttered popcorn, ice cream cones and cigars. Groups of men, women and children are...
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Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View of a street with a lumber office and a church on the left, and dwellings on the right. A man and a dog are on the sidewalk. A tree-covered hill is in ...
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Buster Brown at the High School

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered for the arrival of Buster Brown at the high school. Buster is in the backseat of a roadster.
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Northwest from Court House

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Description: Elevated view of central Janesville from the the courthouse. There are signs advertising Parker Pens and Coca-Cola. Churches are on the horizon. Caption re...
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"Two Shows in One"

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd standing in front of a stage set up in the middle of a city street, with a curtain advertising minstrel shows that reads:...
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Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved street with a few wooden commercial buildings. The building in the center background has a group of people gathered in front, and along t...
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Agnes and Steve's Resort

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Agnes and Steve's Resort on Wheeler Flowage, Townsend, Wis." A bar with a sign on the roof that reads: "Agnes and Steve's Bar". Signs...
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Country Kitchen

Date: 07 15 1968
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Country Kitchen. Wisconsin's Most Unique. A Dinner or a Snack – Plenty of Parking. Location: Hwy. 13 Exit on I-90-94 at intersectio...

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