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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Halvor Skavlem (middle?), Gunil Olmstead Skavlem and a friend standing near the fence in front of Skavlem's frame home, with an unidentified man reading on... |
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| Description: | In the foreground, Erik Jensen, a minister with his hat in hand, shakes K. Doxstad's hand. Nearby a toddler pulls his own baby carriage. Two carriages, a b... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Jefferson School, built on the site of the first cemetery in Janesville. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A marker for the first log cabin built in the Janesville area, surrounded by several women. The cabin was built in 1835 by William Holmes, Joshua Holmes, J... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the Governor Louis P. Harvey home marker. Two women are standing behind the sign. A clock is at top right. |
| Date: | 06 09 1950 |
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| Description: | Three male members of the Disch family show off ribbons won for raising prize sheep. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man enters the side door of the stone barn at the Stone Barn Tavern, three miles west of Milton. |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Samson Tractor Factory with employees in front of building. |
| Date: | 06 18 1890 |
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| Description: | Group portrait outdoors of the reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, held at the farm of George W. Dibble in Rock County. Back row, left... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Townsend heavy duty 12-20 horsepower tractor featuring three photographs of the tractor at work on a farm along with testimonies from... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. A group of women are looking in store windows on the right. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of farm workers are standing and posing in a field while threading tobacco leaves on lathes for drying. Two children and a dog are standing in the ce... |
| Date: | 09 09 1948 |
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| Description: | View across harvested field towards a man using a wagon and an ensilage harvester drawn by a Farmall M tractor on 132 acre farm of A.W. Reisseeum. In the b... |
| Date: | 05 16 1952 |
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| Description: | Judge Chester R. Christensen, Rock County Judge, speaking at the dedication ceremony of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement historical marker. Seated behind h... |
| Date: | 08 19 1964 |
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| Description: | A number of Early Birds of Aviation acquaintances, men who flew solo prior to December 17, 1916, came together to honor A.P. Warner and the historical mark... |
| Date: | 03 29 2016 |
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| Description: | Three young people, two men and one women, are sitting on the curb in front of a fence with a sign reading: "No Trespassing By Order of Police." Behind the... |
| Date: | 03 29 2016 |
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| Description: | Standing in the foreground in front of a fence are two people with cameras filming an African American man talking to a group of people who are Trump suppo... |
| Date: | 03 29 2016 |
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| Description: | Temporary fences are along both sides of a narrow sidewalk outside the Donald Trump rally. Behind the fence on the left side are several protesters holding... |
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