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Postcard

Post Office

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Description: Exterior of the Post Office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Union Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Union Depot. Caption reads: "Union Depot, Milton Junction, Wis."
Photograph

Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon

Date: 1960
Description: Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon speaks at an outdoor event. There is an airplane in the background. Patricia Nixon is shown seated behin...
Photograph

Frank Willlman Funeral

Date: 07 16 1949
Description: Funeral cortege of veteran Frank "Bud" Willman at the railroad depot in Edgerton. The cortege included a color guard, Legionnaires and marching men of the...
Photograph

Water Tower and Carnival

Date: 06 22 1978
Description: View of carnival with a water tower in the background. There are trailers, and a carousel is on the left. Carts selling food like popcorn and sausage are p...
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic Parade During State Encampment

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Union veterans, some holding a banner reading "Iron Brigade," marching on a downtown street in a parade during a state encampment.
Print

Parker Pen Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Parker Pen Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building, with people walking on the sidewalk, and a streetcar, automobiles,...
Postcard

Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated, colorized postcard view of a street in a central business district. Streetcar tracks run down the center of the street, and automobiles are drivi...
Postcard

Post Office

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the exterior of the Post Office. A traffic light is on the corner and cars are parked along the curb. Caption reads: "Post Offic...
Photograph

Memorial Day March

Date: 1920
Description: Small group of elderly men, two of them bearing, respectively, a U.S. Flag, and a banner, perhaps a company roster. This may be a group of Civil War vetera...
Photograph

Janesville Rotary Club Entertains University of Wisconsin, Beloit, and Milton College Foreign Students

Date: 02 11 1961
Description: Ninety-two foreign students attending the U.W., Beloit, and Milton Colleges representing 35 countries took buses to Janesville where they were guests of th...
Photograph

Selling Trump Merchandise

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two African American men are attaching buttons to a display on the hood of a car in a parking lot outside the Donald Trump rally. T-shirts and hats bearing...
Photograph

Trump Clothing and a Mask

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A woman is standing behind her merchandise in a parking lot outside of the Janesville Donald Trump rally. She is wearing sunglasses, and a hat bearing the ...
Photograph

Man Selling Political Shirts

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A man is posing for the camera in a parking lot holding up his merchandise while wearing a hat in red, white and blue that reads: "Trump 2016," and a white...
Photograph

Katy Tur Covering the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: NBC news correspondent Katy Tur is standing outdoors and speaking into a microphone. She is reporting on the Donald Trump rally. A camera operator is stand...
Photograph

Donald Trump T-Shirt

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: View from the back of a man wearing blue jeans, a red hat, and a white t-shirt which reads: "Donald Trump Finally Someone with Balls." Two other people are...
Photograph

Young Man with Pro Donald Trump Poster

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A young man is posing standing outdoors with his poster which reads: "All president's [sic] should read the Art of the Deal!" The sign features a drawing o...
Photograph

Line of Media Personnel

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A line of photographers, reporters, and other media personnel lining up in the back of the Janesville Conference Center waiting to enter the Donald Trump r...
Postcard

U.S. Government Building and Post Office

Date: 1908
Description: View across intersection towards the Government Building with arched entrances and turrets. Caption reads: "U.S. Government Building and Post Office."
Postcard

Post Office

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Description: View of the neo-classical post office building. There is a flag on a flagpole on the roof. Caption reads: "Post Office, Janesville, Wis."

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