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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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Two Men with Musical Instruments

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are seated holding guitars in luthier Leo Uhlmeyer's store. There are more instruments on the floor in front of them and hanging on the wall behind...
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Guitar Maker's Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of a guitar maker's workshop, with a workbench, tools, guitars, and other stringed instruments. In the foreground, there is a ghostly image of a...
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Three Dogs on a Bench

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Description: The photographer's poodles pose on a bench.
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Family with Christmas Tree

Date: 1900
Description: A family dressed in formal clothing seated around a Christmas tree in the living room.
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Decorated Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Dining room decorated with streamers for a wedding reception. The table is set formally with candles and there is a wedding cake as a centerpiece.
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Brick Paving

Date: 1895
Description: Paving Watertown's main street with bricks, with almost as many men who are watching as construction workers.
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Mansion on Washington Street

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of a grand mansion on South Washington Street.
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Woodard and Stone Company

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Woodard & Stone Co. on the first block of North Water Street.
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Butcher Shop Interior

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the butcher shop section of the Fowler and Holmes Store. There is wood paneling and cabinetry throughout the room, shelving and hooks on t...
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Patriotic Lodge Hall Meeting

Date: 1900
Description: Men gather at lodge hall, probably in Watertown, Wisconsin. American flags are hanging from the light fixtures, draped over tables and on the wall. There i...
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Christmas Tree with Portraits

Date: 1900
Description: A Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and dolls is displayed with framed portraits of a man and woman on either side. A frame of artificial snow and ic...
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Christmas Ornaments

Date: 1900
Description: A holiday display of German-made Christmas ornaments, possibly in a store window.
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Church Decorated for Christmas

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Description: Interior view of the Old Moravian Church at 6th and Cole Streets decorated for Christmas. There is a very tall Christmas tree behind the pulpit, and other ...
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Dog on Sidewalk

Date: 1910
Description: A large dog stands on a wooden sidewalk in a residential neighborhood.
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Performing Mule

Date: 1905
Description: A trained mule performs at an event. The mule is walking across metal pegs towards a thin, wooden board.
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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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Brennecke and Bergmann Pharmacy

Date: 1910
Description: An interior view of Brennecke and Bergmann Pharmacy on the corner 4th and Main Street. Two children are sitting on a chair in the middle of the floor, whil...
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Workroom of Brennecke and Bergmann Pharmacy

Date: 1910
Description: A man is scrubbing bottles in the back workroom of the Brennecke and Bergmann Pharmacy. Various other bottles and utensils are in the background.
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Watertown at 4th and Main Street

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: View from street of Brennecke and Bergmann storefront and Watertown Weltbürger Printing Office.

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