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House on Green Street

Date: 1900
Description: View from intersection towards a residence on 4th and Green Street. The large house shows many Italianate architectural details, including ornate eaves bra...
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The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
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Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
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D.F. Jones' Pharmacy Exterior

Date: 02 06 1941
Description: Exterior view of the D.F. Jones' Pharmacy at night. 2 large showglobes are in the display windows.
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Empire Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View of Watertown near the Empire Mill, later known as the Globe.
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Watertown River View

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Description: A view of the river passing through Watertown looking north from the Milwaukee Street bridge.
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Van Alstine Exchange

Date: 1860
Description: Slightly elevated view of The Van Alstine Exchange, an early hotel in Watertown.
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Schurz's First Kindergarten

Date: 1947
Description: Side view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. A hand-pump is in the background near a brick wall.
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Schurz's Kindergarten Monument

Date: 1947
Description: Front view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America.
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Rock River at Watertown

Date: 1860
Description: View of the Rock River with a train on a railroad bridge in the foreground, and the town in the distance. Pedestrians are walking along a path on the left ...
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Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the post office on the corner of 2nd and Madison.
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Octagon House

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House, built by John Richards, an early local lawyer.
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Octagon House

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1951
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House, built by the Hon. John Richards and completed in about 1852.
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Octagon House Model

Date: 1948
Description: A model of the Richards' Octagon House, showing the original structure of the porches.
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Octagon House

Date: 1946
Description: Exterior view of the Richards' Octagon House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the entrance to the Richards' Octagon House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Richards' Octagon House, with a horse and carriage and various people posed in front of it. Caption reads: "Octagon House Watertown Wi...
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage posed in the foreground and several people around it and on its porches. Caption reads: "Octag...
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The Octagon House

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of the Richards Octagon house.

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