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| 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... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Exterior view in winter of the Wisconsin School for the Blind. In the foreground is a gateway and fence. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Family around table in yard. Four women, three men, and four children. The woman at far left is knitting, and on the far right is a dog. In the background ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | View from cornfield towards the Orfordville Lutheran Church, built in 1871-1872, surrounded by a white picket fence. The pastor at the time of the photogra... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Memorial Hall at Beloit College. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the First Congregational Church. Behind the church are buildings in the downtown area. |
| Date: | 07 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Natesta farmhouse and cabin site in Clinton. |
| Date: | 07 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Natesta cabin site in Clinton. View down road, with a fence on the right, and fields on both sides. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Burdick homestead, which was originally made from logs. Built in 1842, it was said to be the first house west of the Rock River. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Frances Willard School house built in 1853. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Jefferson School, built on the site of the first cemetery in Janesville. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the second Rock County Court House which stood from 1896 to 1955. The Architect was E. Townsend Mix. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church before the convent was built behind it. Caption reads: "St. Patrick's R. C. Church, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View from the cupola of the old Jefferson School. The large building in the upper left is the Hyatt House, which burned in 1867. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the front of the Rock County Poor House. The three-story house is set on a hill. In the right foreground is a small building and ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | In 1844 Joseph Goodrich founded Milton Academy and built the first gravel and mortar building in the town. (Note that the Milton House is often called the ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | A view of the Milton College campus, showing three main buildings. Caption reads: "Milton College". |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Skavlem monument, dedicated to the "oldest Norwegian immigrant", born 1760, died 1841. |
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