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| Date: | 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Engraved print of the institute. The building has dome, and at the top is a wind vane. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Institute for the Deaf & Dumb." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the building with several pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of a sign to the cemetery that reads: "Old Settler's Cemetery 1837-1875, Burial Place of Samuel * Henry Phoenix, Founders of Delavan 1836." The cemete... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man in a buggy stops to water his horse at an old trough in the middle of the road. There is a handbill on a utility pole on the left. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | This old hotel was known variously as the Park, Brick, or Circus hotel and dates from the 1870s. The large brick structure has a front gable with fancy shi... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the chapel at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Rows of empty, bow back chairs face a stage, where more chairs are set up under bunting a... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the main building at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. The building is surrounded by a lawn and a grove of trees. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Floyd Quinney focusing his Kodak Autographic on a suburban street. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the oldest house in Delavan. There are two large trees in the front yard. |
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| Description: | The Elmer Willis Sesl (sp?) farm. The photograph has the term "Exhibit "B"" written on the front in ink. |
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| Description: | Portrait of a man wearing a suit, tie and boater hat standing in the middle of a cobbled road intersection looking down at a small folding camera he is hol... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the front of St. Andrews Church. There are wide steps and a central railing leading up to the entrance. The steeple of the churc... |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| Description: | A large Bur Oak tree is shading a sign for Vesuvio's Little Italy restaurant on the corner of Washington and South 7th Street. Brick buildings across the s... |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards cars parked diagonally at the curb, with a row of storefronts on the left. Along the sidewalk are lampposts, each decorated with... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | A large, spreading bur oak is standing near the intersection of South Seventh and Washington Streets in front of a small restaurant. A van is parked in fro... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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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