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Street scene in Clear Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin

• [ca. 1948] (creation)

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

Real-photo postcard with image of downtown Clear Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin. Businesses that can be seen include the Inter-State Lumber Company, a bar with a sign for Hamms beer, a farm implement company with a sign for Allis Chalmers, and a building with a Penzoil sign and a Texaco sign. Text printed on verso: All Rights Reserved, A. Pearson Co., Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. Date from postmark: Nov 29, 1948; mailed from Clear Lake Wisconsin; green 1¢ Washington stamp (design A276). Message: Addressed to Marcella Karel, Omaha, Nebr., "Clear Lake, Wisc., Dear Marcella, Monday noon. We're on our way to Iowa. Had a swell time. Hope everything is ok with u. We're arriving some time Tues. by car. It is sorta sleeting to-day. Hope the weather stays nice. Love, Mother."

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.

Cataloged by kdo, 04/19/2016

Purchased April 12, 2016, on eBay from Steve Nelson, St. Paul MN.

Minneapolis, Minn. : A. Pearson Co., [ca. 1948]

• A. Pearson Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.), publisher Automobiles -- 1940-1950 Clear Lake (Wis.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 1940-1950 Business districts -- Wisconsin -- Clear Lake -- 1940-1950 Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Clear Lake -- 1940-1950 Inter-State Lumber Company (Clear Lake, Wis.) Main Street (Clear Lake, Wis.) -- 1940-1950

• Clear Lake (Wis.) Polk County (Wis.)