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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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Bird's-Eye View of Janesville

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building.
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School for the Blind

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Description: Institution for the Education of the Blind.
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Grand Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards the Grand Hotel, with a stagecoach in front. Caption reads: "Grand Hotel, Janesville, Wis."
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Kimball and Lowell Hardware Store

Date: 1887
Description: The Kimball and Lowell Hardware Store located on the corner of Franklin and Milwaukee Streets.
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The Lappin Block

Date: 1892
Description: The Lappin block, Ed. Carpenter, proprietor. Businesses on this block include: Bort, Baily & Co., Dry Goods and Carpets; A.F. Hall & Co., "The Reliable Jew...
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Bustling Court and Main Streets

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the busy streets of Court and Milwaukee. Three prominent buildings in view are: Court Street Methodist Church on the far left (b. 1868), w...
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Milwaukee Street in Janesville

Date: 1865
Description: Milwaukee Street looking west. In the foreground is a dog standing on a bridge. Signs on a building on the right read: "Furniture" and "Valley Chief Reaper...
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Temperance Group at Willard School

Date: 07 17 1909
Description: Field trip to Emma Willard's home near Janesville by the 18th annual convention of the Loyal Temperance League of Wisconsin. The sign on one of the wagons...
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. There is large librarian's desk, with a bust of Abraham Lincoln to the right. Behind the desk are two colum...
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. There are several display cases filled with taxidermy, including a pelican, and coral. There is a deer head...
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie at $30,000 and Eldred at $10,000. The reverse ...
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "IV Waterbirds, Ducks, Gulls, Pelican." A second note reads: "C...
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie at $30,000 and Eldred at $10,000. The reverse ...
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Parker Pen Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Parker Pen Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building, with people walking on the sidewalk, and a streetcar, automobiles,...
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Horse-Drawn Hearses in a Funeral Procession

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Description: View from across unpaved street of four men with horse-drawn hearses lined up in front of an undertaking building. The other storefronts are a stable on th...
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Rock River Cotton Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Rock River Cotton Company, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building on the left, and a branch of the cotton plant with b...
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Trump Campaign Buttons

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Display of Trump campaign buttons for sale at the Donald Trump rally. Most of the buttons read: "Trump 2016" and include his image or a simple American fla...
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Protester in a Squirrel Costume

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two men hold up protest signs, both reading "Trump deez [sic] nuts!" The man on the right wears a full body squirrel costume and holds a pair of cloth acor...
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Beet Sugar Factory

Date: 1904
Description: View across field toward the beet sugar factory. Caption reads: "Beet Sugar Factory, Janesville, Wis."

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