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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Janesville Public Library on South Main Street.
Postcard

St. Mary's Catholic Church

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Catholic Church, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Tallman Homestead Marker

Date: 1951
Description: Tallman Homestead Marker. There are automobiles parked along the curb in the background.
Photograph

Residential Janesville

Date: 1865
Description: Aerial view of a residential part of Janesville.
Photograph

Y.M.C.A Building

Date: 1900
Description: View across street towards the Y.M.C.A. building. Caption reads: "Janesville, Wis. Y.M.C.A."
Postcard

Y.M.C.A Building

Date: 
Description: View across street towards the Y.M.C.A building. Caption reads: "Y. M. C. A. Building, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Elevated View of Milwaukee Street

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee Street.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Map showing a plat of the city, land ownership by name, wards by number, local streets, buildings, fair grounds, nurseries, and part of Rock River. The map...
Map or Atlas

Map of Janesville, Wisconsin Showing Numbering System

Date: 1927
Description: This map shows a plat of city, a numbering system, local streets, railroads, and part of the Rock River. The map is indexed by street name and reads: "Copy...
Map or Atlas

City of Janesville, Wisconsin and Environs

Date: 1900
Description: This map includes an index of streets and schools, and shows parks and public lands, as well as industrial sites.
Map or Atlas

City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin : Map of Streets and Highways and the Street Numbering System

Date: 1973
Description: This map includes an index of streets and schools and also shows parks, schools and public lands, and industrial sites. Portions of the map are in green an...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Hearses in a Funeral Procession

Date: 
Description: View from across unpaved street of four men with horse-drawn hearses lined up in front of an undertaking building. The other storefronts are a stable on th...
Map or Atlas

Map of Janesville Wis. Showing Numbering System

Date: 1924
Description: This map of Janesville was distrusted by the Fifield Lumber Company and features labeled streets, the Rock River, and Fifield Lumber Company buildings in r...
Print

Rock River Cotton Co. Memohead

Date: 
Description: Memohead of the Rock River Cotton Company, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building on the left, and a branch of the cotton plant with b...
Map or Atlas

Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin Street Numbering System

Date: 10 1969
Description: A street map of Janesville showing the block numbers on each street. Other landmarks are labeled such as chain stores, parks, schools, manufacturing compa...
Map or Atlas

Wright's Map of Janesville, Wis.

Date: 1911
Description: This map shows streets, railroads, the city house numbering system, and the Rock River. The left margin includes a street index.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Janesville

Date: 1915
Description: A Sanborn map of a portion of Janesville, including the Rock River Sugar Company.
Postcard

U.S. Government Building and Post Office

Date: 1908
Description: View across intersection towards the Government Building with arched entrances and turrets. Caption reads: "U.S. Government Building and Post Office."
Postcard

Parker Pen Company

Date: 
Description: View across street towards the Parker Pen Factory, with a large, electric sign on the roof. Caption reads: "Parker Pen Company, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 
Description: View of the neo-classical post office building. There is a flag on a flagpole on the roof. Caption reads: "Post Office, Janesville, Wis."

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