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Aztalan State Park

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Description: Little girl under the "Aztalan Mound Park" sign, in a field. Another person stands in the background on one of the mounds.
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Firemen's Parade

Date: 06 1908
Description: The Lake Mills band and fire company lead the parade during a fire company competition in their home town.
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Family Portrait

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Description: Father, mother and three girls stand on front porch of what appears to be their home. There is a sign for an office in the basement on the left.
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Group in front of School House

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Description: Large group of children and two women standing in neat rows with two women outside of fence in front of a brick building that appears to be a country schoo...
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Parade Scene on Second Street

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Description: Parade scene with a woman on a float, and costumed children and horses. The storefronts and street are decorated with flags and bunting. An archway has bee...
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Group Posed in Garden Setting

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Description: Woman seated on a park bench holding flowers. A young man stands behind her leaning on the bench, and two boys are posed nearby. One boy holds a box camera...
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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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Fishing Near the Dam

Date: 04 1900
Description: Men standing on either side of the river, fishing near the rough and ready dam. In the background is the Octagon House, built in 1854.
Postcard

Main Street East

Date: 1920
Description: View of Main Street with a general store in the center. An automobile and a horse-drawn vehicle in the street. People are gathered on the front stoop of th...
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Main Street Looking Southeast

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard view of a central business location. A drugstore is on the left, and a post office is on the right. A horse and buggy and an automobi...
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West Lake Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across intersection towards a central business district, with a printer, a meat market, and a livery stable. A small crowd is gathered on the sidewalk...
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Rock Lake Hotel

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Description: Hand-colored elevated view from across the street toward a three-story hotel with verandas on the second and third floors. People are sitting on the lawn o...
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City Park

Date: 1927
Description: Large group of people gathered in a centrally located park, with a row of shops across the street. There is a gazebo under the trees on the right. Caption ...
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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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The Outlet

Date: 1943
Description: View across outlet towards the park by Rock Lake. People are picnicking, children are on a swing set, and women are walking along a path. There is a rustic...
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Watertown Park

Date: 05 1950
Description: Weeping willows overhanging the Rock River in a city park. An adult and child are in the lower left. Rocks are along the shoreline.

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