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| Date: | 09 13 1920 |
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| Description: | Letter to Alfred Lawson from Otto Praeger, the second assistant Postmaster General, accepting Lawson's proposals for carrying air mail along three routes: ... |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | Destruction of the old post office building. |
| Date: | 09 20 1920 |
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| Description: | Photograph of Alfred Lawson's telegram confirming that Otto Praeger, second assistant United States Postmaster General, had received Alfred Lawson's air ma... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Church Post Office and general store. Signs painted on the window say: "Hardware, Paints, Oils." |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the post office and Island Lake Burpee's Resort. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A rustic wooden post office in Chicago Bay. Chicago Bay, Minnesota, is now called Hovland. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "The main street of Matanuska, next village south of Palmer." |
| Date: | 08 23 1964 |
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| Description: | A road intersection, surrounded by woods. Four mailboxes and several road signs are visible. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Main Street with several cars parked along the curb. A curbside Red Crown gas pump is visible at the right near the O.W. Schuele Hardware store, and people... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A view of the central business district from the end of a bridge. The post office on the right with a small group of men and children in front. An automobi... |
| Date: | 06 26 1919 |
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| Description: | Map outlining Alfred Lawson's plan for airmail delivery routes across the United States, including several stops in Wisconsin. The accompanying text reads:... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A wood frame house, with a porch, which was formerly the post office, owned by Mr. Edgar Wood, who was the postmaster. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large, two-story wood building with nine over six windows identified as an inn; at the time of the photograph it served as the Butte des Morts Post Offic... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of the Cuba City train depot and post office. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Letter from Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Estes G. Rathbone, regarding the establishment of the Post Office at La Crosse and Nathan Myrick's appoint... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View from street of storefronts, Post Office and group of bystanders. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down road lined with trees and storefronts. A number of automobiles can be seen parked. The Post Office is on the right. |
| Date: | 07 31 1960 |
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| Description: | View of a tree and mailbox, with a farmhouse behind below road level along a rural highway. There is a hill in the background with trees. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man and his two children pose at the corner near the post office. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | An ink on paper map of Milwaukee County and the eastern portion of Waukesha County that shows the townships of Oak Creek, Franklin, Greenfield, Wauwatosa, ... |
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