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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
Map or Atlas

Janesville, Wis. Looking Down the River

Date: 1877
Description: Bird's-eye map of Janesville on the Rock River.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Janesville

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building.
Postcard

Railroad Yard

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized view depicting what was then the "new" Chicago, Northwestern Railroad Yard. Caption reads: "New C. & N. W. R. R. Yards, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Bedroom at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Sleeping quarters at the State School for the Blind, with four single beds, a dresser, a chair, and a table.
Photograph

Recital Room at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Music recital room at the State School for the Blind with seven rows of seating, a piano and cello. Adorning the front wall is the Latin phrase "Lux Oritur...
Photograph

State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Interior of the State School for the Blind, perhaps a study or room for recreation. Included in the room are several tables with small models, a piano, and...
Photograph

Mrs. Belle Knickerbocker

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Description: Carte-de-visite full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Belle Knickerbocker of Shullsburg, Wisconsin. She is holding a book in her left...
Photograph

Horace Moore

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Horace Moore of Richfield, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band. Discharged J...
Photograph

Edward G. Kneeland

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Edward G. Kneeland of Shullsburg, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band.
Postcard

Carrie Jacobs Bond House

Date: 1936
Description: The residence of Carrie Jacobs Bond. Caption reads: "Residence of Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville, Wis." Text in center reads: "Where she wrote 'I Love You ...
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Carrie Jacobs Bond Home

Date: 
Description: The home of Carrie Jacobs Bond.
Postcard

Carrie Jacobs Bond's Birthplace

Date: 1936
Description: Birthplace of Carrie Jacobs Bond. Caption reads: "Birthplace of Carrie Jacobs Bons, Author of 'I Love You Truly', Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

City Hospital

Date: 1892
Description: View across street of City Hospital.
Postcard

Country Club

Date: 1915
Description: The main building of a country club. A woman is standing on the porch, and a man is sitting on the lawn in a chair. Caption reads: "Country Club, Janesvill...
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Court Street

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view looking down Court Street in Janesville toward the west.
Photograph

First Lutheran Church

Date: 1956
Description: The First Lutheran Church on the corner of Randall and Milwaukee Streets.
Postcard

Golf Club House

Date: 1905
Description: The Golf Club House in Janesville. Two women are standing on the porch Caption reads: "Golf Club House, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

State Institute for the Blind

Date: 1915
Description: The State Institute for the Blind.

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