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Vin Fiz Evidence

Date: 1953
Description: Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, displaying fabric from the Vin Fiz, the airplane in which Calbraith P. Rodgers made the first transcon...
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Rural Telephone Operator

Date: 11 1954
Description: Henry Anderson runs a switchboard on his 90th birthday, with his smoking paraphernalia and a photograph of him at the switchboard on a table nearby.
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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.
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Andrews House

Date: 1954
Description: View of the Andrews house, the birthplace and home of Roy Chapman Andrews.
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Middle College Building, Beloit College

Date: 1950
Description: Middle College building, Beloit College.
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Ralph Warner House

Date: 1950
Description: Garden with trees and a stone fence in the backyard of Ralph Warner's home.
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Ralph Warner House

Date: 1950
Description: A woman is working on the backporch of Ralph Warner's home.
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Ralph Warner House

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of Ralph Warner's backyard and house.
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First Lutheran Church

Date: 1956
Description: The First Lutheran Church on the corner of Randall and Milwaukee Streets.
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Tallman House

Date: 1955
Description: View across lawn towards the front entrance and right side of the Tallman House.
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Tallman House

Date: 08 1952
Description: View of Tallman House from driveway.
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Tallman House

Date: 1955
Description: View of the front and left side of the Tallman House from the front garden.
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Tallman House

Date: 1956
Description: View across lawn towards the front and right side of the Tallman House. Caption reads: "Tallman Homestead, Janesville, Wisconsin".
Postcard

Tallman House Bedroom

Date: 1956
Description: View of the bedroom in which Abraham Lincoln stayed in 1859.
Postcard

Tallman House Parlor

Date: 1956
Description: View of chairs and a table set around the fireplace. A mirror is above the fireplace, and a grandmother clock is against the far wall. The windows flanking...
Postcard

Tallman House Parlor

Date: 1956
Description: View of parlor with chairs, fireplaces and other textiles.
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Tallman House

Date: 1950
Description: Interior view of a corner of the parlor and the open doorway to the conservatory.
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Tallman House

Date: 1950
Description: Interior of the parlor. The fireplace is on the left, with a mirror above the mantel. A large window at floor height is on the right behind a chair and a s...
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Tallman House

Date: 1952
Description: View toward the kitchen from the first floor hallway.
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Tallman House

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Lincoln Bedroom. There is a bed on the left, and in the corner of the room is a desk and a chair. The tall windows are arched.

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