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Filter: Community of Janesville
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the skyline of central Janesville and surrounding landscape. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye [sic] View of Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View across field toward the beet sugar factory. Caption reads: "Beet Sugar Factory, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a large, Victorian house that functioned as a hospital. Caption reads: "Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the neo-classical post office building. There is a flag on a flagpole on the roof. Caption reads: "Post Office, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View across water toward a concrete arch bridge over the Rock River. Caption reads: "Jackson Street Bridge, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of central Janesville from the the courthouse. There are signs advertising Parker Pens and Coca-Cola. Churches are on the horizon. Caption re... |
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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: | Exterior view of two tobacco warehouses. One of the buildings is almost completely ivy-covered. Caption reads: "Tobacco Warehouses, Janesville, Wis." |
| 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. |
| Date: | 07 03 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Rock Co. Courthouse, Janesville, Wis." This was the second courthouse, completed in 1879. The first burned down in 1847 and the third... |
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