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Children at Play in Rural Setting

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Description: Children and a few adults (possibly teachers) hold hands in a circle while other children stand by or swing under a tree in a rural setting. Horse-drawn ca...
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View of Janesville from the South

Date: 1893
Description: View from the south, with a railroad in the foreground, a river in the middle distance, and Janesville in the background.
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Tripoli Temple Mosque

Date: 1930
Description: 3000 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Completed in 1928, it is a Shriners mosque, and was designed by architects Clas and Shepard in Moorish Revival style. The buildin...
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Union Depot

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of Reed Street from the corner of South Water Street. This depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Wisconsin Central, and the ...
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City View over Rooftops

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view over residential area, with several churches in the background.
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Old Stage Coach

Date: 1925
Description: Men and women pose on an old stage coach pulled by four horses. In the background are commercial buildings at the corner of Main and First Streets. The coa...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Southern Boundary

Date: 1942
Description: View looking East toward the proposed south boundary fence line of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. A railroad track and car are on the ...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1248

Date: 07 15 1915
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 1248, class I5, built by the company's shop in 1912. From left to right are waymaster Harvey Gi...
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Engine No. 1549

Date: 06 23 1912
Description: A railroad crew posing with Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Engine No. 1549 before going to the Guiding Star Picnic at Kansasville, Wisconsin. On ...

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