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Willson Monarch Labs Salesman Card

Date: 1935
Description: Business card of Edward Rohloff, a traveling salesman for Willson's Monarch Laboratory, a manufacturer of patent medications in the early part of the 1900s...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Patent Medicines Wagon

Date: 01 07 1937
Description: A traveling salesman with Willson's Monarch Labs is standing beside the horse-drawn wagon that took him on sales routes in rural Wisconsin. Willson manufac...
Map or Atlas

Perspective Map of Beloit

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye map of Beloit with insets of Williams Engine Works, Eclipse Wind Engine Co., and John Foster & Co. Turtle Creek is in the lower section, and the...
Photograph

Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
Postcard

Fairbanks-Morse & Company in Beloit

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized image of the Fairbanks-Morse & Company buildings.
Photograph

Toledo Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Employee with a Toledo scale at the Fisher Body Co.
Photograph

Toledo Scale

Date: 01 08 1928
Description: Man using a Toledo scale at the Mernick Dairy.
Photograph

Working at the Parker Pen Factory

Date: 10 16 1952
Description: A worker is using a machine to cut metal strips for fountain pen nibs at the Parker Pen factory.
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

Faribands, Morse & Co. Building

Date: 
Description: Faribands, Morse & Co. Building, with power lines in the background.
Photograph

Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

Date: 
Description: Elevated winter view of the company buildings and residential area, with smokestacks in the background.
Photograph

Skyline over Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the company buildings and residential area, with view of skyline.
Postcard

Fairbanks, Morse Plant in the Summer

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Description: Elevated view of the plant and residential area, with smokestacks. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View of Fairbanks Morse Plant, Beloit, Wis."
Photograph

View along the Rock River

Date: 1900
Description: Oval-framed view of the industrial area along the Rock River.
Photograph

Edgerton Pottery on West Lawton Street

Date: 1890
Description: Pauline pottery building. Standing in front are the potters who work there.
Postcard

Fourth Avenue Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: The Fourth Avenue bridge above the dam. Caption reads: "Steamboat Landing at 4th Ave. Bridge Above the Dam, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Highway Trailer plant, Aerial View

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the Highway Trailer plant at Edgerton.
Postcard

Janesville Dam

Date: 1905
Description: View across the dam in Janesville. Caption reads: "The Dam, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Dodge Street

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view over river of Dodge Street in Janesville looking west.
Postcard

View of Janesville

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Description: View across river and bridges towards Janesville. Caption reads: "Greetings from Janesville, Wis., U. S. A." Text at bottom reads: "Panorama."

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