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"Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention"

Date: 10 24 1970
Description: A poster advertising a concert by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the Beloit College Field House, October 24, 1970.
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Beloit Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Beloit Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and Andrew Carnegie funded library construction with $25,000. Three women are seated...
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Beloit Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Beloit Public Library. There are reading tables with large lamps, bentwood chairs, and bookshelves throughout the room.
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Beloit Public Library

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Description: Interior view, perhaps from the entrance, of the Beloit Public Library. There is a large librarian's desk in the center, with freestanding bookshelves on b...
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Beloit Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Beloit Public Library. This image is also available as a cyanotype. The reverse of the cyanotype version has a note: "Patton + Miller,...
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Beloit Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Beloit Public Library. The reverse of the image has a note: "1903, Carnegie bldg, cost $25,000 - Patton + Miller, Chicago, Arch."
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Beloit Public Library

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Description: Photographic copy of an artist's rendering of an exterior view of the Beloit Public Library. Of note is the following above the main entrance: "Carnegie Pu...
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Nursing Home

Date: 11 1980
Description: Wisconsin farmland featuring a small tree in the foreground, a telephone pole and fence in the middle distance, and farm buildings in the background.
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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.
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Fairbanks Morse & Beloit Power Systems Plants

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Description: View across road, perhaps Pleasant Street, of industrial buildings. In the foreground is a drinking fountain and picnic table. Two cars are parked nearby.
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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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Drive-In Theater

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Description: Entrance to outdoor drive-in theater. The billboard reads: "Mid City Outdoor." There is a white picket fence blocking the driveway. In the background are l...
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Mobile Home in Field

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Description: A mobile home sits alone at the edge of an empty field adjacent to a septic tank and telephone pole.
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Parkway and Power Lines

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Description: View across small section of road (Huebbe Parkway?) towards a mowed field. A large power or telephone tower rises above a group of trees, and more towers a...
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Al's Snack Shop

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Description: View from parking lot of cars parked in front of Al's Snack Shop. There are awnings over the entrances and two large windows with neon signs.
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Water Tower and Carnival

Date: 06 22 1978
Description: View of carnival with a water tower in the background. There are trailers, and a carousel is on the left. Carts selling food like popcorn and sausage are p...
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Portland Avenue

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Description: A sign prominently displays "OPEN THANKSGIVING DAI" in the top left corner of the frame. Across Third Street behind the sign is the 88 Tavern. Down Portlan...
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Service Station

Date: 11 18 1979
Description: An electrical box on a wooden pole is in the center foreground. Behind it is a street, and on the other side of the street is a Phillips 66 service station...
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Pleasant Street

Date: 03 24 1980
Description: A birch tree is in the center foreground. Behind it is a municipal parking lot with an automobile parked in it near the storefront of Neubauer's Sporting G...
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Church Building and Service Station

Date: 04 21 1980
Description: Across a street leading to 51 is a parking lot with a single automobile parked in a lot near a church. Across the street to the left is a Shell gas station...

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