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Portage Canal and Lock

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ...
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Radisson and Groseilliers House Historic Site Marker

Date: 1935
Description: Close-up of the Radisson and Groseilliers house historic site marker, commemorating the first house built in Wisconsin by white men. The house was believed...
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Aztalan Mound Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of the site when it was known as Aztalan Mound Park or Aztalan Mounds, near Lake Mills. There is a pavilion in the right background.
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Big Foot Village Marker

Date: 1935
Description: Close-up view of the Big Foot village marker erected by the Geneva Lake Historical Society. The plaque reads: "A village of Potawatomi Indians occupied the...
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Site of First Log Cabin

Date: 1935
Description: A marker for the first log cabin built in the Janesville area, surrounded by several women. The cabin was built in 1835 by William Holmes, Joshua Holmes, J...
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Site of First Log Cabin

Date: 1935
Description: A marker for the first log cabin built in the Janesville area. The cabin was built in 1835 by William Holmes, Joshua Holmes, John Inman and George Follmer....
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Grignon House Entrance Sign

Date: 1935
Description: Sign reads: "Dawn of a New Day". The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon wa...
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Pendarvis House

Date: 1935
Description: Cornish Pendarvis house on Shake Rag Street.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House, built for John Harris Kinzie (the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation) and his wife in 1832.
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Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
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Schoolchildren Boarding Bus

Date: 1935
Description: Schoolchildren boarding an International C-30 school bus. Original caption reads: "One of six Model C-30 school buses with all-steel bodies, owned by St. J...

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