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Drawing

The Rock River

Date: 1868
Description: The Rock River.
Photograph

View of the Janesville Countryside

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of the Janesville Countryside.
Photograph

View of Janesville from the South

Date: 1893
Description: View from the south, with a railroad in the foreground, a river in the middle distance, and Janesville in the background.
Photograph

View of Janesville

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of Janesville with a residential area in the foreground and the business district in the background.
Postcard

View of Janesville

Date: 
Description: View across river and bridges towards Janesville. Caption reads: "Greetings from Janesville, Wis., U. S. A." Text at bottom reads: "Panorama."
Photograph

Elevated View of Milwaukee Street

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee Street.
Map or Atlas

Map of Janesville Township

Date: 1873
Description: Atlas map of Janesville township.
Photograph

Janesville's Rock River with Water Tower

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Rock River, with a large smokestack and water tower on the left. Richard Lloyd Jones was born in Janesville in 1873 and lived there u...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge Removal

Date: 1885
Description: Partial removal of railroad bridge over Rock River. A train is on a section not being removed in order to transport men and materials.
Book or Pamphlet

Lost Camera Sign

Date: 1903
Description: Sign posted on a fence announcing a lost camera near the town of Prairie du Sac and requesting its return to Herbert Fowler.
Map or Atlas

Southern Janesville Township, Rock County, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: An ink and water color on paper, hand-drawn map showing the section divisions in the southern half of the Janesville Township (Township 3 North, Range 12 E...
Photograph

Beloit, Wisc. Upper Bridge

Date: 
Description: East facing view from the Upper Bridge, featuring the Beloit water tower in the distance.
Photograph

Northwestern Railway Bridge on Rock River

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline down Rock River, with the Northwestern Railway bridge and Beloit College in the far background.
Photograph

Rock River from Central Bridge

Date: 
Description: View of Rock River from bridge, featuring Beloit Iron Works factory on the left shoreline. Caption reads: "Rock River from Central Bridge, Beloit, Wis."
Postcard

Rock River from Central Bridge

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Rock River with trees along the banks. There is a smokestack in the distance. Caption reads: "Rock River from Central Bri...
Postcard

Rock River, looking from Bluff Street

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view through trees towards the Rock River, with a railroad bridge running across it in the distance. Beyond are factories and commercial...
Postcard

Beloit Iron Works and Rock River

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view of the iron works and river. There is another factory on the opposite side of the river behind the trees on the right.
Postcard

Rock River, N.W. Ry. Bridge and Glimpse of Beloit

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view through trees of the Rock River, with a railroad bridge and a glimpse of Beloit. There are boaters near sandbars in ...
Postcard

Round Bridge

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of the Round Bridge, part of the C.M. and St. Paul R.R. A factory and dam are in the background and dwellings are on...
Postcard

Upper Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard view from riverbank of the Upper Bridge crossing the Rock River into Beloit. A man is in a rowboat in the foreground. In the background ...

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