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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
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People in Mineral Springs Pavilion

Date: 1875
Description: "Mineral spring pavilion with visitors taking the waters." Well-dressed men, women and children are posed in a gazebo built over the Iodo-Magnesian Springs...
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Jefferson School

Date: 1870
Description: Jefferson School, built on the site of the first cemetery in Janesville.
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General Store

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Description: A man leans on a post on the porch of the general store.
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Cooksville School

Date: 1924
Description: Cooksville School Class. Teacher Lloyd Porter (top row). First row: Arthur Julseth, Alvin Nording, Walter Weber, _______ Moe, Freddie Zinn, Tollef Lunde, C...
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Condensed Milk Factory

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Description: Exterior of a two-story condensed milk factory. Two men are driving horse-drawn wagons on the road on the left. Other men are under a roof covered loading ...
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Lake Koshkonong at Burgy Mounds

Date: 1920
Description: View from shore of a group of men posing on a dock at Burgy Mounds on Lake Koshkonong. Boats are tied to the dock. There are a number of people in boats fa...
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Dorothy Sunne in Winter Coat and Cap

Date: 1926
Description: Dorothy Sunne (b. 1922) stands on a stump in front of her house. She is wearing a winter coat with a cap, stockings and shoes.
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards depot with railroad train pulling into the station. Passengers are waiting on the platform, and other people are standing...
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Family Driving

Date: 1903
Description: George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car.
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Janesville Rotary Club Entertains University of Wisconsin, Beloit, and Milton College Foreign Students

Date: 02 11 1961
Description: Ninety-two foreign students attending the U.W., Beloit, and Milton Colleges representing 35 countries took buses to Janesville where they were guests of th...
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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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Dr. Evert Wallenfeldt, President of Milton College

Date: 10 15 1963
Description: Thirty-one year old Dr. Evert Wallenfeldt, newly appointed president of Milton College, is shown chatting with two students in front of Main Hall. The stud...
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Jefferson Prairie Historic Marker

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Great grandchildren of Ole Knutson Nattestad, the first Norwegian settler in Wisconsin, Sonja Kay and John Carlton, standing with their parents, Mr. and Mr...
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Jefferson Prairie Historic Marker

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Judge Chester R. Christensen, Rock County Judge, speaking at the dedication ceremony of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement historical marker. Seated behind h...
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Man Talking to Trump Supporters

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Standing in the foreground in front of a fence are two people with cameras filming an African American man talking to a group of people who are Trump suppo...
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Robert Grimes Outside the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Robert Grimes is holding up a microphone and leading a group of protesters in a chant outside the Donald Trump Rally. He is wearing a jacket and hat, both ...
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Christmas is Coming

Date: 11 1976
Description: A city worker putting up holiday decorations on a light pole using a telescopic forklift.
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Warming Work

Date: 1974
Description: Two railroad workers are pulling on a chain next to a railroad car carrying coal.

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