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| Description: | View of the high school, which has a turret and an arched entrance. Caption reads: "Janesville Public High School, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward the City Hall with a clock tower and an arched entrance. Caption reads: "City Hall, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the buildings comprising the School for the Blind. Caption reads: "State School for the Blind, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fire station with men on horse-drawn fire wagons in front. One wagon has a pump; the other has ladders. Caption reads: "West Side Fire S... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View looking up at the Soldiers' Monument, a single column with a statue of a soldier on the top. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized aerial view of central Janesville, with the Parker Pen building and Court House in the foreground. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View of Janesville, ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of central Janesville from the the courthouse. There are signs advertising Parker Pens and Coca-Cola. Churches are on the horizon. Caption re... |
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| Description: | View up sidewalk toward the insane asylum. Turrets are on either side of the entrance, and wings with wards are on both sides. Caption reads: "Rock County ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the tuberculosis sanatorium. Caption reads: "Pinehurst Sanatorium, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the Chevrolet Motor Company headquarters and auto plant. Caption reads: "Chevrolet Motor Company, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across street towards a general merchandise store. Apartments are on the second and third floor. Pennants are hanging in the front window. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from intersection towards a hotel on the corner, with an electric sign. An automobile is parked at the curb, and a public scale is on the sidewalk. Ca... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a six-story corner hotel. Automobiles are parked at the curb. The cinema next door is showing Richard Arlen in "Burning Up." Cap... |
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| Description: | View of a four-story corner hotel on a street corner. The arched entrance has columns. An automobile is parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Hotel Myers, Ja... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of a stone Gothic-style church. A streetcar is on the left. Caption reads: "Cargill Memorial M.E. Church, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of William Tallman's Italian Villa residence. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a Greek Revival House - one of the earliest permanent residences in Janesville. |
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| Description: | Detail of an elliptical opening in the ceiling of the main hall. It served a functional purpose in heating and cooling. |
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| Description: | A corner of the Family Parlor with two chairs, a grandfather clock and a fireplace. Text on reverse reads: "Abraham Lincoln visited here in 1859. The ho... |
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| Description: | View of the formal dining room with the table set. |
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