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| Description: | View up sidewalk toward the insane asylum. Turrets are on either side of the entrance, and wings with wards are on both sides. Caption reads: "Rock County ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the tuberculosis sanatorium. Caption reads: "Pinehurst Sanatorium, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the Chevrolet Motor Company headquarters and auto plant. Caption reads: "Chevrolet Motor Company, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across street towards a general merchandise store. Apartments are on the second and third floor. Pennants are hanging in the front window. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from intersection towards a hotel on the corner, with an electric sign. An automobile is parked at the curb, and a public scale is on the sidewalk. Ca... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a six-story corner hotel. Automobiles are parked at the curb. The cinema next door is showing Richard Arlen in "Burning Up." Cap... |
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| Description: | View of a four-story corner hotel on a street corner. The arched entrance has columns. An automobile is parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Hotel Myers, Ja... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of a stone Gothic-style church. A streetcar is on the left. Caption reads: "Cargill Memorial M.E. Church, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of William Tallman's Italian Villa residence. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a Greek Revival House - one of the earliest permanent residences in Janesville. |
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| Description: | Detail of an elliptical opening in the ceiling of the main hall. It served a functional purpose in heating and cooling. |
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| Description: | A corner of the Family Parlor with two chairs, a grandfather clock and a fireplace. Text on reverse reads: "Abraham Lincoln visited here in 1859. The ho... |
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| Description: | View of the formal dining room with the table set. |
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| Description: | View of Tallman House kitchen. There is a wood-burning stove in the fireplace. Fruit and nuts are arranged on the table. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Lincoln Bedroom at the Tallman House, with a marble fireplace, tall shuttered windows, and a bed at lower left. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the guest bedroom furnished as it would have been in the 19th Century. There is a desk in the corner, a mirror over the fireplace, and a q... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of two tobacco warehouses. One of the buildings is almost completely ivy-covered. Caption reads: "Tobacco Warehouses, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the reading room at the Public Library. Bookshelves are along the walls. Caption reads: "Interior of Public Library, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across street towards a park. There are women sitting in a carriage at the curb. A fountain can be seen among the trees. Caption reads: "Court House P... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of Monterey Rock from the Rock River. There is a cave in the center, and a bridge in the distance. |
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