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South Water Street

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Description: View of businesses on South Water Street, including the Monroe County Bank and a drugstore on the left. Caption reads: "South Water Street, Sparta, Wis."
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Superior Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Superior Avenue, with the Tomah Hardware store in the left foreground. A number of pedestrians and horse-drawn sleds and vehicles are in t...
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Government Indian School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the main building. Caption reads: "Government Indian School, Main Building, Tomah, Wis."
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Water Street, Looking North

Date: 1910
Description: View of Water Street, featuring the Monroe County Bank on the corner on the left. Caption reads: "Water Street, Looking North, Sparta, Wis."
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View of Sparta, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon.
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Oak Street, East

Date: 1920
Description: View down street towards an intersection. Large lampposts are at each corner. A sign on the building on the left reads: "Sidney." Caption reads: "Oak St. E...
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Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background.
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Main Street

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Description: View across unpaved street of a row of stores. On the corner is the Cashton Hardware Company. A horse and wagon is parked at the curb of H. B. Bohl City Me...
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Front Street

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Description: View down Front Street of stores and shops. At the far end of the street is a group of men with horse-drawn wagons.
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Norwalk Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: Street scene down middle of street, with businesses on both sides. A hotel, the post office, and a hardware store are on the left. A mercantile, ice cream ...
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Rail Road Street

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Description: View across Rail Road Street with businesses on the right and horses and carts on the left. On the opposite side of the street is a hotel. There are hitchi...
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Court Street

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Description: View from street of the Court Street neighborhood. On the left are a church and houses. There is a fire hydrant in the foreground, and nearby parked near t...
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Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is the Hotel Lewis, with a columned porch and awnings above the second-story windows. Further down the street ...
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Sparta Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: View of Main Street from its intersection with Oak Street. On the left corner is a bank and two drug stores. On the right are two restaurants and a shoe sh...
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Water Street

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Description: View down Water Street. The buildings on the left side of the street have their awnings down, and the buildings on the right, which is in shade, have them ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View down middle of street in the central business district. A drugstore is on the corner on the left and a hotel on the right corner. Horses and wagons ar...
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A Busy Day at Wilton, Wisconsin

Date: 1916
Description: View down middle of street, with pedestrians, horses and wagons delivering milk cans. The ridge of a tree-lined hill is in the background.
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Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: View down street towards a brick building with a balcony on the corner. A man stands near gas pumps and a lamppost and a woman is crossing the street. A ca...
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Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: View from street of business district, with a hotel on a slight slope on the corner. The first floor is above street level, and another set of steps lead t...
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Water Street, Looking North

Date: 08 09 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Water Street, Looking North, Sparta, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks lined with businesses. Signs read, "Monroe County Bank," "Dr...

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