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| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | North view of Saint Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, which was designed and built by the Dominican priest Rev. Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli in 1844. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a general store and gas station operated by James Smith. Four people stand posed in front of the building. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View down middle of street. On the left a man and two children stand near a truck parked in the driveway of a service station. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from across street of schoolchildren standing and playing on the sidewalk outside the Benton High School. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from across street of the church. It has a bell steeple, stained glass windows, double french doors with an archway, and a wall gable facade.... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Railroad tank cars on railroad tracks outside the plant. There are two large round storage tanks behind the tank cars. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View of the village during the winter. There are many homes, shops, several churches and open land. Many of the buildings are two stories high. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down the street of a retail area. On either side of the street, there are storefronts, pedestrians and parked cars. Just before a steep hill is a rail... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down steep road with guard rail. A car is parked on the side of the road on the right. Over the railing, there is a river and a town with a church bui... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from hill of a landscape with a winding river in a valley. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Street view of the Lutheran Church. The church features stained-glass windows, lancet arched windows and doors and a belfry. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A man and a child pose on the dock of a paddle ferry boat named "Dewey." An American flag is affixed to the boat, there is a bell attached on a platform ne... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. Cars and shops line the street. The Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War memorial is in the far background at the top of the hill. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street looking south. At the bottom of the street is a bridge, and beyond is a hill with houses and trees. There are pedestrians along the s... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of town looking down a hill. In the foreground is a river with trees along the bank. On the other side of the river is a factory with industr... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down tree-lined hill over the Pecatonica River. The bridge connects River Street to Main Street. Storefronts line the street, and the Lafayette County... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A well-dressed man poses in front of the Methodist Episcopal Church on Park Place. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down the railroad tracks across the bridge. On the far side are barns and industrial buildings among trees. |
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