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Photograph

Beaver Dam International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior of Albert Kaepernick Jr.'s McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealership. A poster in the front window reads: "Throw your scrap into the fight!".
Drawing

Ackerman Farm House

Date: 1946
Description: Front view of the Ackerman farmhouse, built about 1841, located at University Avenue and East Mill Street.
Postcard

Davison Theatre

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the Davison Theater. Caption reads: "Davison Theatre, Beaver Dam, Wis."
Photograph

T.S. Johnson Home

Date: 1900
Description: View across yard towards the Johnson family sitting on steps of their house at 110 Grove Street. A horse and buggy is parked in the front yard. Mrs. Johnso...
Photograph

Dodge County Historical Museum

Date: 1954
Description: Dodge County Historical Museum, exterior view. This was the old Milwaukee railroad depot before it was remodeled for the Society's use.
Postcard

Industrial Sector

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, from cotton mill tower, Beaver Dam, Wis." Two churches are in the background, and there are smokestacks and a water tower n...
Postcard

View of River below Dam

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "River View below the Dam."
Photograph

Wayland Hall

Date: 1952
Description: Night view of entrance to Wayland Hall, built in 1855, at Wayland Junior College.
Photograph

Wayland Hall

Date: 1950
Description: Front entrance to Wayland Hall, built in 1855, Wayland Junior College.
Print

Willliams Free Library

Date: 1920
Description: Angled view of the Williams Free Library. Caption reads: "The Williams Free Library, Beaver Dam, Wis."
Postcard

Crowds on Front Street in Beaver Dam

Date: 1910
Description: Crowds on Front Street during Dodge County Fair day, circa 1910-1915. Caption reads: "Front St., on a Dodge Co. Fair Day."
Photograph

Pyramid Supper Club — Exterior

Date: 11 19 1999
Description: "The pyramid Supper Club is on Hwy 33, east of Beaver Dam, WI." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Ralph Widmer, and Shirley Widmer. View at night.
Postcard

Three Views of Beaver Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Postcard with three illustrations — the Cotton Mills, the First M.E. Church, and the High School.
Postcard

The New Dam

Date: 1916
Description: Colorized postcard view of a dam on a river. There is a factory behind the trees in the background. Caption reads: "The New Dam, Beaver Dam, Wis."
Postcard

First Ward School

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of a school building. Caption reads: "First Ward School, Beaver Dam, Wis."
Postcard

Williams Free Library & M.E. Church in Distance

Date: 1906
Description: Photographic postcard of an exterior view of the library. The library is a stone building with an arched entrance and arched windows on the second floor. T...
Postcard

Masonic Temple

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard of an exterior view from the street of the Masonic Temple on a corner. The Peter Pfeffer haberdasher shop is on the ground floor at t...
Postcard

City Hall and Spring Street

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized postcard view down the unpaved street, with the city hall building on the corner on the right. Caption reads: "City Hall and Spring Street, Beave...
Postcard

Front Street

Date: 1921
Description: Colorized postcard view down the center of a busy street in the central business district. Many cars are parked at an angle along the curbs. Lampposts line...
Map or Atlas

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Date: 1932
Description: This map of Beaver Dam shows new boundary lines for wards, existing wards, roads, railroads, and rivers. Roads and Beaver Dam Lake are labeled. There are s...

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