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Little Pig Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View towards the factory, which has a roof over the long loading dock. Caption reads: "The Home of the Jones' 'Little Pig Sausages,' Ft. Atkinson, Wis.
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Black Hawk Club on Lake Koshkonong

Date: 1905
Description: A group of three people are sitting at the fountain, and another group of three people are in the background behind the fountain. Caption reads: "Fountain ...
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Dwight Foster Public Library

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the library. Caption reads: "Dwight Foster Library, Fort Atkinson, Wis."
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Hoard's Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Hoard's hotel, with people standing on the wrap-around front porch. Caption reads: "Hoard's Hotel, Lake Koshkonong, Near Fort A...
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Lower Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: View of lower Main Street lined with electric power lines and storefronts. Caption reads: "Lower Main Street, Fort Atkinson, Wis."
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S. Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of South Main Street, with two women and a man with a bicycle paused outside of Hotel Fort on the right. Caption reads: "S. Main Street, Ft. Atkinson,...
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: View of the octagon house. The caption below the photograph reads: "This house, built in 1849, is on Jefferson county trunk M, near Fort Atkinson. Its oute...
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Fort Atkinson Public Library

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Ft. Atkinson, Wis."
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Fort Atkinson

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Fort Atkinson, including the North Western Manufacturing Company plant along the river. Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, Ft. Atkinson, Wis....
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The Little Red Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of a bridge in Jefferson. Caption reads: "'The Little Red Bridge,' Jefferson, Wis."
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Jefferson Dam

Date: 1910
Description: View towards a dam in Jefferson. Two men are fishing from the shoreline in the foreground. The Woolen Mills are on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "...
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St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

Date: 1910
Description: View towards the church on a hill. There is a wide set of stairs that leads up to the entrance. Caption reads: "St. John-the-Baptist Catholic Church, Jeffe...
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Sectional View of the City

Date: 1905
Description: Colorized elevated view of Jefferson with numerous churches, businesses and residential homes, and a body of water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Secti...
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Van Camp Packing Co.

Date: 1912
Description: View of the Van Camp Packing Company. People, including a horse-drawn vehicle are on a driveway on a hill near the side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van...
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Octagon House

Date: 1951
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House, built by the Hon. John Richards and completed in about 1852.
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across Main Street. A streetcar is coming up the street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Looking East, Watertown, Wis."
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Cady Street

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Description: Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are in the street. Caption reads: "Cady Street. Watertown, Wisconsin.
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High School

Date: 1860
Description: The first high school erected in Palmyra, built about 1860. People are standing in the yard.
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Composite Views of Resort

Date: 1900
Description: Composite of several views of the Palmyra Springs Resort and vicinity. Caption reads: "Views at Palmyra Springs, Palmyra, Wis."
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Tall-tale Postcard: Fishing with Turtle

Date: 1919
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman in a rowboat catching a giant turtle. The male companion of the fisherman has fallen in and lost his hat amidst the excitement....

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