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J. Thompson & Son Company Sulky Plow

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Description: A man is sitting on a plow driven by a team of horses. Buildings are in the distance. Caption identifies the plow as a J. Thompson & Son Company sulky plow...
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Information Desk

Date: 1967
Description: Two women and a man are standing behind the counter at the Beloit Tourism Center. The man is showing a family of four a brochure. Brochures and maps are on...
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Inside the Beloit Tourism Center

Date: 1967
Description: A family is standing at the desk of a tourist center. A woman behind the counter is showing them a map. Behind the counter a man is reaching for another br...
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Boy and Girl Filling Water Jug from Bubbler

Date: 1967
Description: A boy and a girl are filling a jug of water from the water-fountain (bubbler) outside of the Beloit tourism center.
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Beloit Tourism Center

Date: 1967
Description: View of the Beloit Tourism Center. Women and children are walking to and from the building. A child is drinking from an outdoor water-fountain (bubbler) on...
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Beloit Tourist Center

Date: 1967
Description: View through a car windshield towards the Beloit tourist center. A family of four is walking towards the building. A phone booth is nearby on the left.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin's First Aviator Historic Marker

Date: 08 19 1964
Description: A number of Early Birds of Aviation acquaintances, men who flew solo prior to December 17, 1916, came together to honor A.P. Warner and the historical mark...
Postcard

Morse Library, Beloit College

Date: 1965
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior view of the Colonel Robert H. Morse Library at Beloit College.
Postcard

Beloit Iron Works and Rock River

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the iron works and river. There is another factory on the opposite side of the river behind the trees on the right.
Photograph

Frances Reneau and Her Son Thomas

Date: 05 13 1945
Description: Frances Reneau with her son Thomas on her lap seated on a lawn on a residential street. Mrs. Reneau wears a corsage on her lapel and the toddler, Thomas, h...
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First Presbyterian Church

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Description: Exterior view from dirt road of the First Presbyterian Church on Prospect Street.
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Northwestern Railway Bridge on Rock River

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Description: View from shoreline down Rock River, with the Northwestern Railway bridge and Beloit College in the far background.
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Beloit College Campus

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Description: Wooded path on campus of Beloit College.
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Locomotive Engine No. 8240

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Description: Locomotive engine #8240 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 2871

Date: 1938
Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2871, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 1277

Date: 05 27 1938
Description: Right side view of the engine no. 1277, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
Manuscript

Products of Industry Schedule

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Description: Portion of a census showing the industrial schedule for Beloit, Wisconsin, in Rock County during the year ending June 1, 1850.
Photograph

Building with Billboard

Date: 04 16 1980
Description: View from across street of a rectangular dilapidated building featuring arched windows. A billboard for H. Dan Wright Insurance is under the fire escape.
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Industrial Buildings

Date: 04 16 1980
Description: On the left the wall of a brick industrial building features a painted sign for Kades Motor Parts. In the background is a dumpster and a truck parked behin...
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Electric Sign

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Description: An electric sign for "The Manor / 2 Blocks / Dining" towers over a long, one-story building.

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