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Map or Atlas

Janesville, Wis. Looking Down the River

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

Students by Brick High School

Date: 1875
Description: View across wooden platform of a brick high school on a hill surrounded by a fence. The school has a mansard roof and what appears to be a bell tower above...
Postcard

Beloit College: Emerson Hall

Date: 1910
Description: View of Emerson Hall, with trees and a lawn in the foreground.
Postcard

Elevated View of Janesville

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the old High School building. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, from Old high School Building, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

View of Janesville from the South

Date: 1893
Description: View from the south, with a railroad in the foreground, a river in the middle distance, and Janesville in the background.
Map or Atlas

Map of Janesville Township

Date: 1873
Description: Atlas map of Janesville township.
Postcard

Main Hall of Milton College

Date: 1915
Description: Main Hall at Milton College. Stamp on print reads: "W. P. Clarke, Pharmacy, Milton, Wis."
Photograph

Plowed Fields

Date: 05 1980
Description: View over plowed field, with a telephone pole in the middle distance. Farm buildings are on the hill in the background.
Photograph

Mobile Home in Field

Date: 
Description: A mobile home sits alone at the edge of an empty field adjacent to a septic tank and telephone pole.
Print

Keeler Lumber & Fuel Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of Keeler Lumber & Fuel Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, a dealer in lumber and coal, with a tree stump, a pile of smoldering coal, and wisps of smok...
Photograph

Cottage at Burgy Mounds

Date: 1920
Description: Two cottages at Burgy Mounds on Lake Koshkonong.
Photograph

Lake Koshkonong at Burgy Mounds

Date: 1920
Description: View from shore of a group of men posing on a dock at Burgy Mounds on Lake Koshkonong. Boats are tied to the dock. There are a number of people in boats fa...
Photograph

Open Farmland

Date: 
Description: Fields, cattle in a pasture, and farm buildings in the countryside, possibly near Avon, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Bird's Eye View

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of town with farm fields in the foreground, and low, rolling hills in the background. There is a church steeple in the far background on the ...
Photograph

Bird's Eye View

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view over rooftops. Farm fields and houses are in the background.
Map or Atlas

Surveyed Routes for the Kenosha and Beloit Railroad

Date: 1853
Description: Map covers area between the cities of Janesville and Kenosha in Rock, Walworth, and Kenosha counties for railroad routes. Lakes and counties are labelled. ...
Photograph

Ruins of Tornado on Eugene Hull Farm

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: Destroyed farm building next to a standing barn. Agricultural equipment is in the foreground.
Map or Atlas

Group of Ancient Mounds Near the City of Beloit

Date: 1800
Description: This map on two sheets shows a group of ancient mounds near the southeast corner of the city of Beloit and a group of ancient mounds north of Rockton Stati...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Town of Beloit Containing 370 Acres

Date: 1973
Description: This map is a photocopy of the original plat of Beloit from 1838. The map shows labeled roads, lots, and rivers.
Map or Atlas

Map of the city of Beloit, Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: This map of Beloit shows labeled wards, plat of town, roads, railroads, the Rock River, city boundaries, and land ownership by name. The back of the map is...

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