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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of bridge looking down Main Street, with horse-drawn carriages and people on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Main St. South, Ft. Atkinson, W...
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North Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down Main Street, with a hotel and other businesses lining the road. Caption reads: "North Main Street, Ft. Atkinson, Wis."
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S. Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of South Main Street, with two women and a man with a bicycle paused outside of Hotel Fort on the right. Caption reads: "S. Main Street, Ft. Atkinson,...
Postcard

Northwestern Manufacturing Company Plant

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Northwestern Manufacturing Company plant. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View showing Northwestern Mfg. Co.'s Plant, Fort Atkinson, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards the Main Street Bridge over the Rock River.
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Rock River

Date: 1909
Description: View of the Rock River, with boathouses along the right shoreline, and buildings in the distance on the left at a bend in the river. Pilings are in the for...
Photograph

Rock River Scenery

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Description: View over tree-tops toward a man rowing a boat beneath a partially covered bridge spanning the Rock River. Factories, industrial buildings, and Saint Paul'...
Photograph

Rock River Scenery

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Description: Elevated view looking west from the Main Street Bridge, a partially covered wooden bridge spanning the Rock River. In the foreground on the right are boats...
Photograph

Rock River Scene

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Description: View from hill on left side riverbank of the Rock River. In the distance is a bridge, water tower, and Saint Paul's Lutheran Church.
Photograph

Jones' Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Jones' Sausage Factory. Two men are leaning out the window above the side of the porch roof. Bicycles are leaning against the side of the brick...
Photograph

Methodist Church

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Description: Exterior view across road toward the Methodist Church. Children play with a wagon on the sidewalk in front of the church. Two sets of stairs lead to a side...
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Model Dairy Farm

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Description: A model dairy farm maintained by Hoard's "Dairyman Magazine" for experimental purposes. Two women are walking in the driveway near the buildings on the rig...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Fort Atkinson

Date: 09 1884
Description: Sanborn map of Fort Atkinson including South Water and Milwaukee Streets.
Photograph

View of the Bark River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view over the ox-bow of the Bark River in early morning. Buildings, dwellings and barns are in the foreground at the bottom of the hill, and a bri...
Photograph

Panther Intaglio Effigy

Date: 06 2008
Description: View looking east of a 1000-year-old Indian intaglio effigy in the shape of a panther. The effigy, which is on the north bank of the Rock River, is filled ...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1912
Description: Photographic postcard view down the center of a unpaved street in downtown Fort Atkinson. Horse-drawn vehicles are at the curbs. Caption reads: "Street Sce...
Postcard

North Side Main Street

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Description: Black and white photographic view of Main Street from the vantage point of a bridge. Many automobiles are parked along the curbs, and the street is lined w...
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Post Office

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Description: Photographic postcard view across street towards the post office, with a girl standing at the top of the steps at the entrance. A bicycle is parked at the ...
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High School

Date: 1913
Description: View across road toward the high school which has a bell tower. Caption reads: "High School, Fort Atkinson, Wis."
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Sr. High School

Date: 1951
Description: Black and white view from street towards the three-story brick high school. Caption reads: "Sr. High School, Ft. Atkinson, Wis."

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