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Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde...
Postcard

Van Camp Packing Co.

Date: 1912
Description: View of the Van Camp Packing Company. People, including a horse-drawn vehicle are on a driveway on a hill near the side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van...
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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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Civil War Memorial

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Description: The construction of the Civil War Memorial.
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Women Textile Workers

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Description: Women workers inside a textile factory, possibly Beherhausshict Factory. Clothing boxes and spools of thread are visible.
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Wooden Sidewalk

Date: 1906
Description: View down a wooden sidewalk, next to a dirt road. Some piles of wood are in the road near a portion of the sidewalk that is under construction.
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Operating Machinery Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: A young boy in overalls operates a machine, perhaps a pump for water, underneath a windmill. There are overturned buckets in the foreground. An elderly man...
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Watertown Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The public was invited to inspect the town's newest station and its modern conveniences, when the 501 South Third Street station opened on July 30, 1927.
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Third and Main Street Scene

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Description: View from Third and Main Street of storefronts. There is signage for the Tetzlaff and Co. Building Materials above a pile of bricks in a sideyard near the ...
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Edward J. Brandt Dent Co. Building

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Description: View from road of facade of the company building of the Brand Automatic Cashier. A shed on the left has advertisements for: "Bull Durham for Pipe or Cigare...
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WM. C. Raue. Storefront

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Description: View from across street of storefront of Wm. C. Raue. at 202 Main Street. Signs on the building say: "Wallpaper, Paints, Oils."
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Rock River from Main Street Bridge

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Description: View of Rock River from the Main Street Bridge. On the right industrial buildings are along the shoreline, and a bridge is in the distance.
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Lewis Factory and Globe Milling Company

Date: 04 29 1900
Description: View of the Globe Milling Company, built in 1848, and the Lewis Factory on the Rock River. In the distance is a dam, bridge, and barbershop.

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