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Jefferson School

Date: 1870
Description: Jefferson School, built on the site of the first cemetery in Janesville.
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Kimball's Hall

Date: 1870
Description: View across intersection towards Kimball's Hall, one of the first brick buildings in Kenosha. A sign on the right side of the building reads: "Dewey & Sinc...
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State Normal School

Date: 1870
Description: State Normal School. A group of men are standing in the tall grass in the left foreground.
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Richards' Octagon House, with a horse and carriage and various people posed in front of it. Caption reads: "Octagon House Watertown Wi...
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage posed in the foreground and several people around it and on its porches. Caption reads: "Octag...
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"Sunnybank"

Date: 1870
Description: Two men are in the foreground on a shoreline, one standing in a boat. In the background on the other shoreline are adults and children sitting in the gras...
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"Sunnybank"

Date: 1870
Description: A large, white brick building is in the middle center, surrounded by trees. A smaller white building is in the right background. In front of the building...

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