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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Looking northwest from the Methodist Episcopal Church, Main Street, with trolley track running down the center of the street. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View from along right side of bridge of Milwaukee Street looking east in Janesville. The Myers House is located at the top of the hill. There is a sign for... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town with All Souls Church in the bottom right corner. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down Main Street. There are horse-drawn vehicles, and pedestrians are walking on the street and sidewalks. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street in Winneconne towards the bridge from the east side of town. Storefronts on the left have signs for "Stoves & Tinware" and "Harnes... |
| Date: | 05 12 1898 |
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| Description: | View down center of street with shops and stores on either side of Main Street. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Like many early settlements of southeastern Wisconsin, Clinton was founded in 1836 by Yankees--immigrants from New England and New York. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Looking down one of Whitehall's streets with horses, carriages, men and stores. A wagon is unloading tobacco. Caption at bottom reads: "Delivering Tobacco ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A dirt street in the business district of Wheeler. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | An advertisement featuring Wauwatosa, showing the First Baptist Church, on the left, built in 1854 and the First Congregational Church, on the right built ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward the Capitol Square from Pinckney and Gorham Streets. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Road lined with fences leading into town. Several houses are visible in the distance. A railroad track and electric or telegraph line runs along the left s... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of Court House Square in Lancaster. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the unpaved main street in downtown Lodi, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 10 08 1887 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of parade celebrating President Grover Cleveland's visit, coming up King Street to the Wisconsin State Capitol from the East Madison Depot. T... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Polish immigrant women at the Market Square wearing traditional, national clothing. In the background are brick buildings. A sign on one building reads: "C... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Madison's Pinckney Street, with the Capitol Park in the foreground and Farwell's octagon house and Lake Monona in the distance. This view has been various... |
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