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Jesse Brabazon in Wright Model B

Date: 1912
Description: Jesse C. Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin in a 1911 Wright Model B, the first Wright plane designed to carry a passenger and a pilot. Previously, the passeng...
Photograph

Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
Photograph

Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved view of the building and the grounds. On the top of the dome is a wind vane. Pedestrians, an equestrian, and a man in a horse-drawn carriage are i...
Photograph

Institute for the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 
Description: Engraved view of the building with several pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground.
Postcard

Delavan Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of library with unfinished landscaping. Houses are further down the street on the left. A sign attached to a tree reads: "S Fourth St." Caption re...
Postcard

Old Mill of Delavan

Date: 1910
Description: Distant view of the mill, with a stream leading to it, and a road paralleling the stream on the right. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Delavan, Wis."
Postcard

Mill Pond Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a pond, a stream, and a lake, with a road dividing the pond and stream from the lake. Industrial buildings and a smokestack are in the bac...
Photograph

Two-Story Garage

Date: 1919
Description: Wood and shingle two car garage of E.M. Willoughby. A car can be seen through the open door.
Print

Institute for Deaf and Dumb

Date: 
Description: Engraving of Wisconsin Institute for Deaf and Dumb. A man in a horse-drawn carriage and another rider on horseback travel along the street in the foregroun...
Photograph

Driving in Delavan

Date: 1920
Description: View of a tree lined dirt road from the passenger seat of a Ford Model T, including hood ornament.
Photograph

Bride Walking Down the Aisle

Date: 05 01 1976
Description: A bride walks down the aisle in the United Church of Christ/Congregational Church in Delavan. An usher stands to the right in the background. A painting of...
Map or Atlas

Delavan and Delavan Lake : Walworth County, Wisconsin

Date: 1966
Description: This 1966 map shows topography, roads, highways, golf courses, government buildings, and businesses around Delavan Lake in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Incl...
Map or Atlas

City of Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Date: 1966
Description: The map shows streets, wells, school land, parks, cemeteries, railroads, and the Delbrook Golf Course. The bottom of the map reads: "January 11, 1962 May 2...
Postcard

Views of Delavan, Wis.

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic collage of ten views of Delavan, including churches, lakes, and street scenes. Caption reads: "Views of Delavan, Wis."
Postcard

The Old Mill

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored view of a mill as seen from a foot bridge. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Delavan, Wis."
Photograph

Walworth Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View looking west along Walworth Avenue, with commercial buildings along both sides. Cars are parked in the center of the street, and along the right curb....

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