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| Description: | View across street towards a red brick building with a flag pole in the yard on the left. A small stone block that reads "Calumet" is on the sidewalk. Capt... |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the exterior of a motel. A station wagon parked in front of one of the units. |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the "Indian Bowl," a venue for powwows. A Native American woman is standing in front next to the totems. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the generator used to power the "Frank H. Thompson Famous Moving Pictures." A belt from the generator stretches to the flywheel on... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Iowa Street, looking south, with the Iowa County Courthouse on the right. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street. Caption reads: "S... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored corner view from intersection towards the post office. A postcard display is inside the window. Caption reads: "Post Office Block, Fairchild, ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Intersection of Trail 53 and Main Street, lined with buildings. A road sign is in the foreground, and rucks and automobiles are parked at the curb. A steep... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View alongside railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. A single freight car is on the tracks. A boy and a woman are on the platform. Caption reads: "De... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Hillsboro Condensed Milk Company factory, established 1914. Manufacturer of sterilized evaporated milk. The brick s... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a community fair with tents set up for exhibits. Two buildings with signs are just beyond the tents on the midway, with signs that read, o... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of Milwaukee Street and the bridge crossing the Rock River. Horses and buggies are in the road. A building with a bell tower is in the background. Cap... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Court House of central La Crosse. The depot is in the foreground, and a Carriage and Buggy manufacturer is in the background. Captio... |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Elk's Club. Antlers are mounted on the brick wall between the second and third story on the corner of the building. Ca... |
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| Description: | View of a wooden sculpture at the entrance of a casino. Text on reverse reads: "This carving by Gene Delcourt is representative of the seven clans of the L... |
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| Description: | A wooden building with an automobile parked on the side. Caption reads: "Lac du Flambeau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved road going through a settlement. A meat market with a public telephone is on the left, with a group of people gathered on the sidewalk in... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A sign outside a building reads "Slackers" and includes a list of names: David Englehardt of Browntown, and John Hoffmeister of Jords. The sign is credited... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a five-story corner building with entrances at the front and the side. An electric YMCA sign is near a tree in front. Caption re... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | View across road towards a restaurant/bar located 1 1/2 miles south of the city limit on Hwys 12 & 18. A man is standing on the front steps. There is an el... |
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| Description: | View across parking lot towards the office building. Text on back reads: The 'Home' of the Society's adminstrative offices, the Wisconsin Medical Journal a... |
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