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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard of the state fish hatchery. Caption reads: "State Fish Hatchery, Delafield, Wis."
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Greetings From Monroe, Wis.

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Description: A postcard with the text "Greetings From Monroe, Wis.," as well as images including postcard views of Wisconsin's pioneer cheese maker Niklaus Gerber, a co...
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White-Tailed Deer

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a white-tailed deer in the forest. Autumn leaves are on the ground. Caption reads: "Babcock, Wis."
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Black Bear

Date: 1940
Description: A photographic postcard described on the reverse: "A black bear in the Wisconsin north woods."
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Cecropia Moth

Date: 1905
Description: Photographic postcard of a cecropoia moth, Hylophora Cecropia, on a potted geranium. Caption reads: "Cecropia Moth."
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Logging

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis."
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Circus World Museum

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the Circus Train.
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Business District

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Description: Color photographic postcard of the business district. Local business and homes are on on both sides of the main road. Horse-drawn wagons are parked on the ...
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Antigo Opera House

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Description: Photographic postcard view across street toward the three-story, brick opera house. A horse-drawn carriage is on the street in front.
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C.W. Begg's Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a group of workers, horses, and a dog posing at railroad siding at C.W. Begg's Mill. Caption reads: "C.W. Begg's Mill at Siding, C...
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Deer at Feeding Trough

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a winter scene of a group of deer in the forest around a feeding trough in the snow. Caption reads: "Babcock, Wis."
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Fountain-Campbell Company

Date: 1914
Description: Photographic postcard view of the log storage yard at the Fountain-Campbell Company. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "Fountain-Campbell Company, Dona...
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International Harvester Postcard — Siberia

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of horses pulling a grain binder. Man seated on machine. Caption reads "Siberia — A Harvest Scene near Tobolsk, where American Harvesting Machines...
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Greetings from Alma, Wis.

Date: 1923
Description: Photographic postcard of scenes from Alma. Three scenes from areas around Alma show the town along the Mississippi River, an elevated view of the river bet...
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International A-160 Truck Postcard

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising postcard featuring a color illustration of men handling bales of hay on an International A-160 truck.
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Unloading Horses

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of horses being unloaded from railroad cars by soldiers. Caption reads: "'Unloading Horses,' Camp Douglas, Wis."
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Greetings from the City of the Three "C"

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from the City of the Three 'C', Chairs. Cheese. Children. Sheboygan, Wis." The postcard features a drawing of 3 large "C"s,...
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Greetings From Beaver Dam

Date: 1906
Description: Color postcard with three illustrations: The Williams Free Library, the dam in 1841 (actual beavers), and the present dam. Captions read: "Greetings From B...
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Nelson Dewey State Park at Cassville, Wis.

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the Nelson Dewey home at Nelson Dewey State Park. A birdhouse is in the foreground on the right. Caption reads: "Nelson Dewey...
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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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