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Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
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Union Street

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Description: View of the businesses on Union Street, notably J.P. Dennett's Drug Store, located on the far right corner.
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Iverson's Pharmacy

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Description: Exterior view of Iverson's Pharmacy and Hayes Restaurant.
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Fort Atkinson Street Scene

Date: 03 16 1939
Description: Fort Atkinson street scene, looking across street towards a truck parked in front of Beckman's Shoe Store. Next to Beckman's is Fort Furniture Mart and For...
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Main Street in Lake Mills

Date: 1879
Description: View of main street in Lake Mills. On the left of the image are the Fargo and Ostrander store, Farmer's Cash Store and Drugs, and A.J. Foster Harness Shop....
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State Bank and City Hall

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the state bank and city hall. Caption reads: "City Hall & Bank, Rome Wis."
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James Manufacturing Company Awards

Date: 01 27 1947
Description: R.E. Gess, district engineer with Employers Mutual Insurance Company, presenting safety awards to three employees of James Manufacturing Company, Fort Atki...
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Wisconsin Cigar Manufacturer Storefront

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Description: View from street of Wilkowski Brothers Manufacturers of Cigars storefront, with signage at top of building. A number of circus posters are on a large wall ...
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Third and Main Street Scene

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Description: View from Third and Main Street of storefronts. There is signage for the Tetzlaff and Co. Building Materials above a pile of bricks in a sideyard near the ...
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Parking Lot

Date: 07 21 1962
Description: A parking lot underneath a newly developed block of stores. The Rock River is visible just beyond the parking lot. There is a bridge in the background.
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Edward J. Brandt Dent Co. Building

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Description: View from road of facade of the company building of the Brand Automatic Cashier. A shed on the left has advertisements for: "Bull Durham for Pipe or Cigare...
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Print Shop Interior

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Description: Interior of print shop. The machinery, including printing presses, are belt-driven. The belts are driven by machines attached to the top of the high ceilin...
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Interior of Mrs. E. Kammeyer's Millinery Shop

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Description: Interior of hat shop illuminated by skylight.
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WM. C. Raue. Storefront

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Description: View from across street of storefront of Wm. C. Raue. at 202 Main Street. Signs on the building say: "Wallpaper, Paints, Oils."
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Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
Description: Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Mrs. Norman Gill is standing and looking out of a window from inside her home at Spring Hill Farm near Cambridge, viewing the surrounding countryside and t...
Map or Atlas

Bird's Eye View of Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: Bird’s-eye view map. "Looking north east." Indexed for points of interest. Shows homes, businesses, and the Bark and Rock River. Streets running west to ea...
Map or Atlas

City Map & Street Guide Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Date: 1976
Description: Includes index of streets and of local businesses. Shows location of Citizens State Bank, roads, highways, railroads, parks, cemeteries, and city sanitary ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Jefferson County Wisconsin

Date: 1872
Description: Map shows townships and sections, landownership, roads, railroads, churches, schools, and cemeteries. The map includes business directories of Watertown, J...
Map or Atlas

Aztalan Village History

Date: 1940
Description: This map of Aztalan is pencil and ink on paper. The map shows streets, local businesses, churches, houses, and the Crawfish River. The map reads: "Informat...

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