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Perspective Map of Beloit

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye map of Beloit with insets of Williams Engine Works, Eclipse Wind Engine Co., and John Foster & Co. Turtle Creek is in the lower section, and the...
Photograph

Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
Photograph

Students by Brick High School

Date: 1875
Description: View across wooden platform of a brick high school on a hill surrounded by a fence. The school has a mansard roof and what appears to be a bell tower above...
Photograph

Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum

Date: 1962
Description: View of a car in the open doorway of a barn at the Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum.
Photograph

Beloit College Campus Path

Date: 1930
Description: View from street towards a walking path through the woods, with people strolling on the pathway.
Photograph

Beloit College Campus

Date: 1910
Description: View of Beloit College campus about 1910-1920. A footpath crosses the lawn in the foreground.
Drawing

Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel

Date: 1895
Description: Drawing of the Edward Dwight Eaton Chapel at Beloit College.
Photograph

Beloit College, Memorial Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View towards Beloit College, Memorial Hall, which houses the Logan Museum.
Photograph

Bridge over the Rock River

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Description: View of the bridge over water, with a building behind it.
Photograph

First Congregational Church

Date: 1962
Description: Exterior view of First Congregational Church in winter.
Photograph

Faribands, Morse & Co. Building

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Description: Faribands, Morse & Co. Building, with power lines in the background.
Postcard

East Grand Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: The 5 and 10 cent store, with the Yale bakery, and a restaurant on East Grand Avenue visible from the bridge. Caption reads: "E. Grand Ave., form the Bridg...
Photograph

Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

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Description: Elevated winter view of the company buildings and residential area, with smokestacks in the background.
Postcard

Fairbanks, Morse Plant in the Summer

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Description: Elevated view of the plant and residential area, with smokestacks. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View of Fairbanks Morse Plant, Beloit, Wis."
Postcard

Downtown Beloit

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of downtown. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye view of Beloit."
Postcard

Downtown Beloit

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of downtown Beloit.
Photograph

Hanchett Block

Date: 1949
Description: View of street corner on Hanchett's block, on the northeast corner of State and Brood streets, with a newspaper stand, clothing store, and a labor temple. ...
Photograph

Wilson Theater

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of Wilson Theater. Standing on sidewalk from left to right are: Delia Berry Wilson, Orpha Wilson, Robert Paul Hollis, and Robert Henry Wilson...
Photograph

On the Stateline

Date: 04 1980
Description: View across stateline road towards a wooden fence lining the road on the opposite side. A few trees and buildings can be seen over the fence.
Photograph

Ace Hardware, Watertower, Dairy Queen

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Description: Parking lot behind Ace Hardware. A few cars are parked, and behind them is a Dairy Queen on the right. In the center on a low hill is the support structure...

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