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| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Watertown in 1842." |
| Date: | 1841 |
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| Description: | View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Tivoli Island. There is a smokestack and a building among trees in the distance. Caption reads: "Tivoli Island, Watertown, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of Rock River from Fourth Street. Trees line the banks of the river, and a smokestack is in silhouette behind trees in the distance. |
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| Description: | View of Rock River from Main Street Bridge. Hartig Brewery, opened in 1884, is along the right shoreline. |
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| Description: | View of Prochazka's picnic place on Rock River. The view features a small boat docked on the left near trees which crowd the shoreline. Caption reads: "Pro... |
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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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| Description: | View of Rock River, looking south from Caly Street. The view features a bridge and downtown buildings. Caption reads: "Rock River Looking South from Cady S... |
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| Description: | View of Tivoli Island, situated in the Rock River. A bridge spans from the island to the river bank on the right. Caption reads: "Tivoli Island." |
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| Description: | View of the Rough and Ready Dam, a concrete electrical dam built in 1907. Men accompany a group of boys on the far bank of the river. One boy swims near th... |
| Date: | 04 29 1900 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 04 1900 |
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| Description: | Men standing on either side of the river, fishing near the rough and ready dam. In the background is the Octagon House, built in 1854. |
| Date: | 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Weeping willows overhanging the Rock River in a city park. An adult and child are in the lower left. Rocks are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 01 07 1922 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Dam and Electric Power Plant, Watertown, Wis." The Watertown Electric Company Power Plant #1 was built in 1909 of cream brick. Rollin... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "River View, Watertown, Wis." The Main Street bridge over the Rock River, with large buildings on both sides. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Municipal Bathing Beach. Watertown, Wis." Slightly elevated view of a bathing beach on the Rock River. Many swimmers are in the water... |
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