Gfall's general store, Plum City, Wisconsin

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US ARC PH 2019.001.064

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Gfall's general store, Plum City, Wisconsin

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  • [between 1904 and 1918] (creation)

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1 photograph : print ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

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Real-photo postcard with image of a portion of Plum City, Pierce County, Wisconsin. The bird's-eye view shows the Hotel Plum City, a feed stable, the school, several other barns, houses, and commercial buildings, with a group of men in the field behind the school, possibly playing baseball. George Gfall's general store was part of the hotel complex. Several buggies can be seen parked between the hotel and stable. Printed on Azo paper with all four triangles pointing up (used 1904-1918). Message: Addressed to Mr. Vic Bloomstrom [Blomstrom], Plum City, Wisc. "Miss Celis Osesel. I bught a box of pease and found you [your?] add [ad?] in it so I will send you a card of my home town. Please [-----] for fine time." Postally unused.

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This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.

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Cataloged by kdo, 04/04/2019

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Donated April 2, 2019, by Kathryn Otto, St. Paul MN.

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Postcard Shoebox 3

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[Wisconsin] : [Privately printed?], [between 1904-1918]

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