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Madison Avenue

Date: 1908
Description: View looking down a sidewalk on the left side of Madison Avenue. Trees line the terrace, and houses and lawns are on the left. Caption reads: "Madison Aven...
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Milwaukee Avenue

Date: 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Milwaukee Avenue showing D.A.R. Monument". Trees and houses are on both sides of the unpaved road.
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Rock River Dam

Date: 1908
Description: The Rock River Dam with the Woolen Mills building in the background. Caption reads: "Rock River Dam, Jefferson, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View down Main Street. On the left corner is the Jefferson House. Caption reads: "Main Street, Jefferson, Wisconsin."
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Watertown Public Library

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of the Watertown Public Library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Watertown, Wis."
Photograph

Fire Company Competition

Date: 1908
Description: Formal portrait of the Lake Mills Fire Company preparing for a race in which volunteer companies in harness pulled their fire hose carts. Ralph Engsberg, ...
Photograph

City Park

Date: 1908
Description: View of Jones Fountain at Barrie Park, erected in 1905. The fountain stands among trees and a park bench, and dwellings are in the background.
Photograph

Scene on Rock River

Date: 1908
Description: View of the west bank of Rock River from a bridge. The view includes the manufacturing plants of Jefferson Woolen Mills, incorporated April 2, 1856.
Historical Object

The Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1908
Description: Five photographs mounted on an album page showing the Fargo children at play. At top left, in a posed studio portrait, Dorothy Fargo, sitting at left, "tea...
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Old Mill Race

Date: 1908
Description: View down a tree-lined river toward a mill in the background. Caption reads: "Old Mill Race, Jefferson, Wis."
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Firefighters

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of firefighters walking down a tent-lined street in downtown Lake Mills. A banner reads: "Wellcome Firefighters."
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"Two Shows in One"

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd standing in front of a stage set up in the middle of a city street, with a curtain advertising minstrel shows that reads:...
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The Ice House, Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View of the Knickerbocker Ice Company building. Rock Lake in the foreground. There is a ramp leading from the lake to the ice house. Caption reads: "The Ic...
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Fargo Creamery Supply House

Date: 1908
Description: View across unpaved street towards a two-story warehouse, with a smokestack in the back. Caption reads: "Fargo Creamery Supply House, 1908, Lake Mills, Wis...
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Bathing Beach, East, Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View along beach with many small stones towards three people near a beached sailboat. There is a boathouse in the background further down the shoreline. Ca...
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Erin Side Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View of Rock Lake. There is a sign posted on a tree that reads: "Erin Side", and it has also been added to the postcard on the right where it reads: "Erin ...
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A Quiet Bay — A Quiet Day, Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View down hill towards the curving shoreline of Rock Lake, surrounded by trees and long grass. Caption reads: "A Quiet Bay — A Quiet Day, Rock Lake, Lake M...
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Hunting Grounds joining Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View of a marshy part of Rock Lake. Two small rowboats and a pile of logs are on the shore, and a flock of ducks is in the water. Caption reads: "Hunting G...
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Scenery of Pond Lilies, South West side Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized view of waterlilies and lily pads in round frame. Caption reads: "Scenery of Pond Lilies, South West side Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Wis."
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Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View across water towards the shoreline of Rock Lake. People are in rowboats at the shoreline. There are cabins behind the trees, and on the right is a pie...

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