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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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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."
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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'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."
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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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First Lutheran Church

Date: 1956
Description: The First Lutheran Church on the corner of Randall and Milwaukee Streets.
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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."
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State Institute for the Blind

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

Date: 1910
Description: Residential view of Jackson Street. A person is standing in the street with a bicycle, and two people are walking along the sidewalk on the right. Caption ...
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Rock County Insane Asylum

Date: 1910
Description: View from road towards the insane asylum. Caption reads: "Rock County Insane Asylum, Janesville, Wis."
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Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards the Monument. A building is in the background. Caption reads: "Soldiers Monument, Janesville, Wis."
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Tallman House

Date: 1955
Description: View across lawn towards the front entrance and right side of the Tallman House.
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Tallman House

Date: 08 1952
Description: View of Tallman House from driveway.
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Tallman House

Date: 1948
Description: View of the front and left side of the Tallman House seen through the trees in the front garden.
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Tallman House

Date: 1955
Description: View of the front and left side of the Tallman House from the front garden.
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Tallman House

Date: 1956
Description: View across lawn towards the front and right side of the Tallman House. Caption reads: "Tallman Homestead, Janesville, Wisconsin".
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Tallman House Bedroom

Date: 1956
Description: View of the bedroom in which Abraham Lincoln stayed in 1859.
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Tallman House Parlor

Date: 1956
Description: View of chairs and a table set around the fireplace. A mirror is above the fireplace, and a grandmother clock is against the far wall. The windows flanking...
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Tallman House Parlor

Date: 1956
Description: View of parlor with chairs, fireplaces and other textiles.
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Tallman House

Date: 1950
Description: Interior view of a corner of the parlor and the open doorway to the conservatory.

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