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Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde...
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Elevated View of Merrimac

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of commercial buildings, houses, a church and a school in a neighborhood. In the foreground a person is standing at the side of a building wi...
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Street View, Richland Center

Date: 1910
Description: View down a business-lined street featuring a barber shop in the left foreground. Caption reads: "Richland Center, Wis."
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, with a hill at the end of the street. Pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks, and horse-drawn vehicles are along the unpaved stree...
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Bechstein's Bathing Establishment

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Description: Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa...
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Wisconsin River Bridge

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Description: Photographic postcard from hill looking down at the bridge over the Wisconsin River. A gas station is visible on the right. Text below reads: "Wisconsin Ri...
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Toll Bridge Across the Wisconsin River

Date: 02 01 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of the toll bridge that spans the Wisconsin River. Part of the bridge is covered. Several men stand along the railing. A sign warns "...
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Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. People, automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles line the dirt-covered street and sidewalks. A Gold Medal Flour billboar...
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View on Main Street

Date: 10 02 1914
Description: View across street of shops and other buildings along Main Street. A buggy is driving down the road. There is a bluff in the background. Caption reads: "Vi...
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Nestle Chocolate Factory

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Description: Color postcard of an elevated view of the Nestle Chocolate Factory. Text on back reads: "This ultramodern plant was opened in 1966 to supply Nestle Chocola...
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Trempealeau River Bridge

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Trempealeau River Bridge. A lamppost is in the foreground, and buildings, including a church, are in the background. Caption read...
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Main Street Big Falls

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Description: Photographic postcard view down center of unpaved street in the central business district of a rural community. On the left is a general store, and on the ...
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A Road Scene near Boulder Junction

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Description: Photographic postcard view downhill towards an intersection in the north woods. Three cars are driving away up the hill on the other side of the intersecti...
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Nelson Dewey State Park at Cassville, Wisc.

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Description: Photographic postcard view of buildings at the Nelson Dewey State Park, including the smokehouse. A tree-covered bluff is in the background. Caption reads:...
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The Office at the State Farm and Craft Museum

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Description: Color postcard of the Office at the State Farm and Craft Museum at Stonefield Village.
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Hotel and Feed Barn

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Description: Photographic postcard of view across muddy road of a man wearing a suit and standing on the porch of the two-story Hotel and Feed Barn. Two signs next to h...
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Elroy Hospital

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Description: Exterior view of the Elroy Hospital. The two-story building has a wrap-around porch. In the background is a field with piles of harvested grain. Caption re...
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Fox River near Endeavor

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view from hill towards the Fox River, with a farm in the foreground. The farm has a windmill with a sign on it that reads: "Kilbourn Steel Mill," ...
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View of the Shore

Date: 1915
Description: View of Ephraim from the bay, with a pier in the foreground. Churches are on the left and right, and the Hillside Hotel is in the center near the shore. Ca...
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Ephraim, Wis.

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Description: Village of Ephraim, as viewed from the bottom of a hill, with a shoreline on the right. Includes churches and dwellings, and a curving road leading up the ...

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