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Postcard

Memorial Hospital

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Memorial Hospital. Text at top left reads: "Memorial Hospital, Burlington, Wis."
Postcard

Riverview of the Fox River

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Description: Black and white postcard of a river view of the Fox River as it runs through the city of Burlington. In the foreground is a railroad bridge. Just behind th...
Postcard

Cerami's Island View Hotel Motel Resort

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Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of Cerami's Island View Hotel Motel Resort on the shore of Brown's Lake.
Postcard

Nestle Chocolate Factory

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Description: Color postcard of an elevated view of the Nestle Chocolate Factory. Text on back reads: "This ultramodern plant was opened in 1966 to supply Nestle Chocola...
Photograph

Mercer Transfer Company

Date: 1930
Description: A group of men stand outside the Burlington Farm Machinery Company storefront where an International H-5 truck owned by the Mercer Transfer Company is park...
Photograph

Mercer Transfer & Storage Company Truck

Date: 1930
Description: An International H-5 truck with a 190" wheelbase and a refrigerated body parked in front of the Burlington Farm Machinery Company, an International Harvest...
Print

Murphy Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Murphy Products Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building and trucks, automobiles, and a train nearby, flanked on either...
Postcard

The Rock Garden

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Description: Color postcard view of a rock garden with a rustic bridge and koi pond. Two monks are reading on the bridge.
Photograph

Luncheon for Returning Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly...
Map or Atlas

City of Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin

Date: 1942
Description: This map of Burlington shows plat of the town, city limits, section lines, 1/4 section lines of the plat sections, roads, railroads, rivers, and lakes. The...
Map or Atlas

Sketch Showing the Early Mormon Settlement Voree Near Burlington, Wis.

Date: 06 12 1929
Description: This manuscript blueprint shows buildings with the names of their owners, tabernacle, location "where Strang found plates" and "house where Strang died," a...
Photograph

Farmall Tractor and Wagon on J.F. Deems Farm

Date: 08 21 1924
Description: View of men working in a field with a Farmall tractor and wagon. A man stands by a stack of hay bales in the left foreground. Caption: "J.F. Deems Farm, Ro...
Photograph

Barn on Deems Farm

Date: 07 14 1924
Description: Man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a wagon piled high with hay near the open door of a large barn on Deems Farm. The barn has a cupola with a lightning ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Burlington

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Description: A plat map of Burlington.
Map or Atlas

Burlington Quadrangle Map

Date: 1960
Description: This standard U.S.G.S. topographic map was annotated by civil engineer and railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show the location of existing and defunct ...

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