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Poster

Anti-Woman Suffrage Poster

Date: 1912
Description: Anti-woman suffrage poster that reads: "Danger! Women's Suffrage would double the irresponsible vote! It is a menace to the Home, Men's Employment and All ...
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The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
Photograph

Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
Photograph

D.F. Jones' Pharmacy

Date: 02 08 1941
Description: Interior of pharmacy with the prescription case. Standing by the stairs is D.F. Jones, store proprietor.
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Pharmacy Reference Library

Date: 02 08 1941
Description: View showing part of the pharmacist's working library at D.F. Jones' Pharmacy.
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Special Laboratory

Date: 12 08 1941
Description: View showing a portion of a special laboratory in the rear of D.F. Jones' Pharmacy.
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D.F. Jones' Pharmacy Exterior

Date: 02 06 1941
Description: Exterior view of the D.F. Jones' Pharmacy at night. 2 large showglobes are in the display windows.
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D.F. Jones's Pharmacy Interior

Date: 02 08 1941
Description: View of the interior of D.F. Jones' Pharmacy, showing an assortment of shelving compartments for items in the store.
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Checking the Biologicals Supply

Date: 02 08 1941
Description: A clerk checks the status of the refrigerated stocks of various biological materials at the D.F. Jones Pharmacy.
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Proxmire Campaigns for Reelection

Date: 02 1958
Description: Elected to the Senate in a special election in September 1957, to fill the unexpired term of Senator Joe McCarthy, William Proxmire was forced to begin a c...
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Empire Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View of Watertown near the Empire Mill, later known as the Globe.
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Watertown River View

Date: 
Description: A view of the river passing through Watertown looking north from the Milwaukee Street bridge.
Painting

Watertown

Date: 1841
Description: View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline.
Photograph

Van Alstine Exchange

Date: 1860
Description: Slightly elevated view of The Van Alstine Exchange, an early hotel in Watertown.
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Schurz's First Kindergarten

Date: 1947
Description: Side view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. A hand-pump is in the background near a brick wall.
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Schurz's Kindergarten Monument

Date: 1947
Description: Front view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America.
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Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the post office on the corner of 2nd and Madison.
Photograph

Octagon House

Date: 1950
Description: Interior view of the parlor of Richards' Octagon House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1950
Description: View of the spiral staircase inside Richards' Octagon House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: View of the Octagon House's spiral stairway.

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