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Post Office

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

Hartig's Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: View from bridge towards Hartig's Brewery on the left. Caption reads: "Greetings from Watertown, Wis."
Photograph

Northwestern College

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view across lawn toward Northwestern College. Young men are posing in many of the windows. The building features a neoclassical style, with a colu...
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Fourth School

Date: 1900
Description: A view of Fourth School, featuring a cupola with a weathervane. Three young girls are posing standing beneath a tree beside the school.
Photograph

Masonic Temple

Date: 1900
Description: Angled view across street toward a railing along a sidewalk, and the front facade and left side of a Masonic temple building. The ground floor contains a s...
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Chapman Street

Date: 1900
Description: A view of tree-lined Chapman Street. Houses with broad lawn are behind tree on the left, and two carriages can be seen farther down the road.
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The Home of Carl Schurz

Date: 1900
Description: Carl Schurz's house is partially visible behind trees at the end of an unpaved curving drive. A young boy sits on the edge of the porch. Caption reads: "Ho...
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Residential Street

Date: 1900
Description: View toward intersection of a tree-lined unpaved street. Two large houses wide wide lawns are on the left.
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Washington Street

Date: 1900
Description: View along right side curb toward houses along the right side of tree-lined Washington Street.
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Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View from bridge towards businesses on Main Street. Pedestrians are walking along the wide sidewalks. Horse-drawn carriages and streetcars share the road o...
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Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: View across intersection toward a hotel on the corner. Two doors are on the left facade; the one at the left corner enters into a buffet. The door in the m...
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Fourth Street, Looking North from Western Avenue

Date: 1900
Description: View along right side curb along Fourth Street, with houses on both sides.
Photograph

A Residential Street

Date: 1900
Description: View across street towards houses on the left. A wide terrace planted with trees is along the sidewalk. Steps lead up a small rise on the front lawns of th...
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A Business Street

Date: 1900
Description: View along left side sidewalk toward shops and businesses lining a commercial street. A large sign outside a shop on the left reads: "Wholesale Wallpaper, ...
Photograph

A Residential Street

Date: 1900
Description: View looking toward intersection, with a lamppost on the corner on the right. A house is on the opposite corner on the left.
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A Residential Street

Date: 1900
Description: A view looking north on Church Street. The steeple partially hidden by the trees is St. Bernard's Catholic Church.
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Clyman Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down Clyman Street at an intersection. A lamppost in on the left corner in the foreground. Trees are planted between the terrace and sidewalk.
Photograph

Clyman Street

Date: 1900
Description: View from sidewalk across two open lawns, with some trees and shrubs. A house with a two-story porch is on the left, and the house to the right also has a ...
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The Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the back of the brewery, taken from a bridge. A man walks across the bridge, away from the camera.

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