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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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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...
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Pioneer Drug Store

Date: 1905
Description: View from street towards people standing outside the entrance to the Pioneer Drug and Economy Store. Caption reads: "Pioneer Economy Stores, Evansville, Wi...
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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...
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Beloit Railway Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot at Beloit. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Depot, Beloit, Wis."
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First National Bank of Edgerton Officers

Date: 04 17 1931
Description: First National Bank of Edgerton officers, who witnessed robbery, posing and standing outdoors in front of the bank.
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First National Bank

Date: 04 17 1931
Description: A male cashier, with bandaged head, was injured in the robbery. He is standing outside of the bank that was robbed.
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Recital Room at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Music recital room at the State School for the Blind with seven rows of seating, a piano and cello. Adorning the front wall is the Latin phrase "Lux Oritur...
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Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum Sign

Date: 1962
Description: Entrance marker to the museum.
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Faribands, Morse & Co. Building

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

Date: 1905
Description: The 5 and 10 cent store, with the Yale bakery, and a restaurant on East Grand Avenue visible from the bridge. Caption reads: "E. Grand Ave., form the Bridg...
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Grand Avenue in Beloit

Date: 1915
Description: Trolley car driving along Grand Avenue, with people walking on the sidewalks next to storefronts. Caption reads: "Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis."
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Hanchett Block

Date: 1949
Description: View of street corner on Hanchett's block, on the northeast corner of State and Brood streets, with a newspaper stand, clothing store, and a labor temple. ...
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Kreb's Pharmacy

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: Interior of Kreb's Pharmacy, with the soda fountain in the foreground, and customers are in booths in the background.
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Kreb's Pharmacy Exterior

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: View towards the Kreb's Pharmacy on a street corner. There are Rexall and Borden's Ice Cream signs in the window. There is a fountain (bubbler) on the side...
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Carrie Jacobs Bond House

Date: 1936
Description: The residence of Carrie Jacobs Bond. Caption reads: "Residence of Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville, Wis." Text in center reads: "Where she wrote 'I Love You ...
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Bond Historical Site Marker

Date: 1930
Description: The Bond historical site marker, marking the home where Carrie Jacobs Bond wrote "I Love You Truly."
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City Hospital

Date: 1892
Description: View across street of City Hospital.
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Frances E. Willard School

Date: 1910
Description: Frances Willard School house built in 1853. The image of a bow is printed on the left. Caption reads: "The Francis E. Willard School, Janesville, Wis."
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Grand Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: The Grand Hotel.

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