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Jucker House

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Jucker house on the Fox River.
Postcard

McCanna Building

Date: 1905
Description: Front and side view of the McCanna building. Caption reads: "McCanna Building, Burlington, Wis."
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John Davis House

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of the John Davis residence, the first frame house in Burlington, with plank sidewalk. A man is walking away down the sidewalk.
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Plymouth Congregational Church in Burlington

Date: 1907
Description: Plymouth Congregational Church, Burlington.
Photograph

Voree Quarry

Date: 1905
Description: Quarry from which was taken material for the Mormon village of Voree.
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Herald Print House

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the house in which the "Voree Herald" was printed. A man is standing and leaning on a tree behind a fence in the foreground.
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"Hill of Promise"

Date: 1900
Description: Hill where the "Voree plates" were found.
Photograph

Mormon Temple Site

Date: 1900
Description: View of a Mormon temple site. In the foreground is a tree along a fence. Farm buildings are in the background beyond a field.
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Outing in an Automobile

Date: 1905
Description: Four individuals sit in four-seat runabout parked in a wooded area.
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Small Boy on Bushel Basket

Date: 1900
Description: Alois Schwaller, youngest son of Frank A. and Susan Schmitt Schwaller, standing outside THE Schwaller home on an upturned metal "bushel basket" holding 10-...
Photograph

Three Men Playing Musical Instruments

Date: 1900
Description: Three Men Playing Musical Instruments, Edward Schwaller at left; Frank H. Schwaller in middle; man at right unidentified. Probably inside Schwaller Music ...
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Man in Musical Instrument Store Room

Date: 1900
Description: A well-dressed man sits in a chair in a Schwaller Music Store on Pine Street. Various pianos are on display. There are signs for Sohmer Pianos and New Home...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage near Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine Street at the F. A. Schwaller Music Store / Schwaller's Real Estate Office, flanked by Theodore Riel's dry goods and grocery store...
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Downtown Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine Street at Jacob Black's dry goods store, with a display of hand fans in front window; Schwaller's Real Estate company is above Bla...
Photograph

Commerical Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Looking east across Pine street at the storefronts of J. Wien's clothing, dry goods, and grocery store, Black's Dry Goods store, Schwaller's Real Estate Of...
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Men with Deer Carcasses on Sidewalk

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men stand in front of the Schwaller building on Pine Street with two male deer carcasses on the board sidewalk. The man touching the antlers is...
Postcard

View of Fox River

Date: 05 25 1905
Description: Black and white postcard of a view of the Fox River as it flows through Burlington. The shoreline is wooded. Red text below reads: "View of Fox River, Burl...
Postcard

The Mill Dam

Date: 09 02 1908
Description: Black and white postcard of the Mill Dam. The water is running over the dam from the left and becoming rapids on the right. There is a wooded shoreline on ...
Postcard

East Shore Bohner's Lake

Date: 1909
Description: View of a camp by Bohner's Lake. Caption reads: "East Shore Bohner's Lake, Burlington."
Postcard

High School

Date: 1905
Description: Hand-colored view of the exterior of a high school. A horse is grazing in the yard on the right. Caption reads: "High School, Burlington, Wis."

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