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Aram Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Front view of the library. Caption reads: "Aram Public Library, Delavan Wis."
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Highland Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Highland Hotel on Delavan Lake. Caption reads: "The Highland hotel, Delavan lake, Delavan, Wis."
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Delavan High School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the high school. Caption reads: "High School Delavan Wis."
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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...
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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...
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Old Settlers' Cemetery

Date: 1954
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...
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Watering Trough at Delavan

Date: 1925
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.
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Circus Hotel

Date: 1926
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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Wisconsin School for the Deaf

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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.
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Residential Street

Date: 1908
Description: Angled view of the left side of a residential street lined with trees, probably taken in early spring. The home of A.H. Allyn is on the left. A covered fou...
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Floyd Quinney Takes a Picture

Date: 1926
Description: Floyd Quinney focusing his Kodak Autographic on a suburban street.
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Oldest House in Delavan

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the oldest house in Delavan. There are two large trees in the front yard.
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Farm of Elmer Willis Sesl (Seil)

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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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From a Photograph Album

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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...
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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."
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Citizen's Bank

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Description: Photographic view from unpaved street of the facade of Citizens' Bank. A confectionery and a dentist's office are next door on the right. Caption reads: "T...
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Aram Public Library

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Description: Hand-colored view from street of the public library building on Fourth Street. Caption reads: "The Aram Public Library, Delavan, Wis."
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C. M. and St. Paul Depot

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Description: Hand-colored view across railroad tracks towards a train depot, with passengers gathered on the platform awaiting an arriving train. Horse-drawn wagons and...
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Walworth Avenue

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Description: Hand-colored view down center of a commercial street lined with buildings and street lamps. Two men are standing in the center of the intersection. Automob...
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Business Street

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Description: Elevated view of a commercial street. Horses, wagons and buggies are parked at the curbs and moving down the street. Church steeples are in the far backgro...

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