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Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Whitewater

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets.
Postcard

State Normal School Gymnasium

Date: 1930
Description: View across street towards the gymnasium for the State Normal School.
Postcard

Whitewater Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: View down road towards the Whitewater Public Library.
Postcard

Library and Fountain

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the fountain on the lawn in front of the library. Pedestrians are on the right. Caption reads: "Birge Memorial Fountain and White Memorial Lib...
Postcard

Library and Fountain

Date: 1912
Description: View towards the fountain on the lawn in front of the library. Pedestrians are on the right. Caption reads: "Birge Memorial Fountain and White Memorial Lib...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view over water towards Main Street with bridge. Caption reads: "Main St. in 1907, Whitewater, Wis."
Postcard

Green Shutters

Date: 1920
Description: The Green Shutters tea room and antique shop.
Book or Pamphlet

Front and Back of Esterly Harvesting Machine Co. Brochure

Date: 1902
Description: Front and back of 8-page foldout color brochure. Front cover advertises the "All Steel Folding Platform Binder & Mower." Back cover features a horizontal i...
Map or Atlas

Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wis.

Date: 1858
Description: This map is hand-colored and mounted on cloth and shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, landownership, streets, railroads, selected buildings, fair g...
Postcard

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 10 28 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "M.E. Church, Whitewater, Wis." A stone church with an ornate steeple on a tree-lined street.
Postcard

Normal Lawn

Date: 09 26 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Normal Lawn, Whitewater, Wis." The lawn in front of the Whitewater Normal School. The area is landscaped with trees, shrubs and plant...
Postcard

Normal and Lawn

Date: 09 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Normal and Lawn, Whitewater, Wis." Called "Old Main," this building was built in 1868 and destroyed in a fire in 1970. The garden in ...
Postcard

The Old Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Log Cabin, Whitewater, Wis." The log cabin was built in 1846 by Norwegian immigrants Gullik Halverson and his wife, Dorothea....
Postcard

Hillside Cemetery

Date: 11 14 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Hillside Cemetery, Whitewater, Wis." View of the arched entrance to a cemetery, enclosed by a fence and filled with trees. A small ho...
Postcard

The Old Swimming Hole

Date: 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Swimming Hole, Whitewater, Wis." A swimming area in a river, with a bridge in the background, surrounded by trees.
Postcard

Masonic Temple

Date: 11 21 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Masonic Temple, Whitewater, Wis." A view of the facade and side of a Masonic temple. Four columns support the two-story porch on the ...
Postcard

Whitewater Hospital

Date: 11 30 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Whitewater Hospital, Whitewater, Wis." A two-story clapboard building with a porch and covered balcony above. A large flower bed is i...
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The Old Swimming Hole

Date: 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Swimming Hole, Whitewater, Wis."
Postcard

Hotel Walworth

Date: 08 08 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Walworth, Whitewater, Wis." A multistory hotel with a raised porch and many balconies.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Whitewater, Wis." Ground level view of a church, mostly obscured by mature trees.

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