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West Side of Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of the west side of Main Street. Stores pictured (right to left): Kypke's Dry Goods store, Heimstreet's Drugstore, and a saloon.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down center of bridge looking down Main Street, with horse-drawn carriages and people on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Main St. South, Ft. Atkinson, W...
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Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View down Main Street. On the left corner is the Jefferson House. Caption reads: "Main Street, Jefferson, Wisconsin."
Postcard

Van Camp Packing Co.

Date: 1912
Description: View of the Van Camp Packing Company. People, including a horse-drawn vehicle are on a driveway on a hill near the side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van...
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3rd Street

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of 3rd Street. Caption reads: "Market Day, 3rd Street Looking South from Main St."
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Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: One time location of Mary Hoffard house. View down dirt road, lined with houses, shops, and trees. A horse-drawn vehicle is going down the road.
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The Carl Schurz House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Carl Schurz home in Watertown, Wisconsin. Schurz was a German-American politician and statesman. There is a horse and a horse-drawn ve...
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Couple in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1913
Description: Winter scene of couple in horse-drawn sleigh on residential street.
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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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Jones' Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Jones' Sausage Factory. Two men are leaning out the window above the side of the porch roof. Bicycles are leaning against the side of the brick...
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Chapman Street

Date: 1900
Description: A view of tree-lined Chapman Street. Houses with broad lawn are behind tree on the left, and two carriages can be seen farther down the road.
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Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View from bridge towards businesses on Main Street. Pedestrians are walking along the wide sidewalks. Horse-drawn carriages and streetcars share the road o...
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Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: View across intersection toward a hotel on the corner. Two doors are on the left facade; the one at the left corner enters into a buffet. The door in the m...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of Main Street. Several men and boys are outside of a store with H.A. Olsen printed on the awning. One boy is holding a ball. Th...
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 04 1900
Description: The horses and buggies of William Wills, A. Pautz, and Sarah Krueger are at the gate of Oak Hill Cemetery, founded in 1850.
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Main Street

Date: 06 1900
Description: View down Main Street.
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Pawnee Bill's Circus Parade

Date: 07 28 1901
Description: View of Pawnee Bill's Circus Parade.
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Waterloo Street Scene

Date: 1912
Description: View down street from the end of a bridge. On the left is a service garage, post office and millinery. On the right is a shoe and repair shops, and other c...
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Monroe Street

Date: 1912
Description: View from intersection of businesses along the left side of Monroe Street. A group of men are standing at the door of the drugstore on the corner, which ha...
Postcard

Monroe Street

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of a view along left side of Monroe Street, showing horse-drawn vehicles parked along the curb in front of storefronts. Caption reads...

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