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Lake Geneva Downtown Restaurants

Date: 1920
Description: Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ...
Print

J.M. Bailey Jr. Marble Works

Date: 1873
Description: View of the J.M. Bailey Jr. Marble Works storefront. From the "Combination Atlas-Map of Walworth Co." Chicago.
Photograph

Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
Postcard

Green Shutters

Date: 1920
Description: The Green Shutters tea room and antique shop.
Postcard

Hotel Sharon on Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the left side of the street, with horse-drawn vehicles along the curb. The Hotel Sharon is in the center among the line of storefronts. Captio...
Poster

Auction at Bailey Farm

Date: 1883
Description: Broadside advertising an auction at the L.P. Bailey farm near Delavan. Sale included cattle, horses and hogs.
Photograph

Elkhorn Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Elkhorn Public Library and a larger, two-story, brick building, with a storefront on the first floor. The Elkhorn Public Library is th...
Photograph

Genoa Junction Free Public Library

Date: 10 07 1905
Description: Interior view of the Genoa Junction Free Public Library. Reverse of cardboard mounting reads: "Genoa Junction Free Public Library, Genoa Junction, Wisconsi...
Document

N.E. Carter Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of N.E. Carter of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, a dealer in Indian relics and other curios from around the world, with images of individual artifacts, suc...
Photograph

Lake Geneva Auto Station

Date: 06 02 1928
Description: View across street towards a convertible automobile with a fender-mounted spare tire parked in front of the Lake Geneva Auto Station on the south side of M...
Photograph

Group at Lake Geneva

Date: 1918
Description: Three couples posed on a sidewalk in front of a Luick Ice Cream sign. An ice cream parlor is in the background. One man is wearing a sailor's uniform.
Postcard

Citizen's Bank

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Description: Photographic view from unpaved street of the facade of Citizens' Bank. A confectionery and a dentist's office are next door on the right. Caption reads: "T...
Postcard

Walworth Avenue

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Description: Hand-colored view down center of a commercial street lined with buildings and street lamps. Two men are standing in the center of the intersection. Automob...
Postcard

Business Street

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Description: Elevated view of a commercial street. Horses, wagons and buggies are parked at the curbs and moving down the street. Church steeples are in the far backgro...
Photograph

Fourth of July

Date: 07 2014
Description: View down sidewalk towards cars parked diagonally at the curb, with a row of storefronts on the left. Along the sidewalk are lampposts, each decorated with...
Postcard

Two Men in Horse-Drawn Buggy

Date: 1912
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of two men in a horse-drawn buggy parked in the middle of a unpaved street. Storefronts and pedestrians are behind th...
Postcard

Wisconsin Street

Date: 1909
Description: Angled view down sidewalk on right toward the left side of Wisconsin Street which is lined with businesses and hitching posts. Horse-drawn vehicles are mov...
Postcard

Genoa Jct. at 9 A.M.

Date: 1908
Description: View down commercial street lined with buggies and wagons. A hardware store is on the left, and a harness shop is on the right. Caption reads: "Genoa Jct.,...
Book or Pamphlet

Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: A view down Main Street looking east from the Y.M.C.A. building.
Postcard

Broad Street Looking South, Lake in Background

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Description: View of the central business district with the street ending at the lakefront. Automobiles are moving up and down the street, one pulling a boat on a trail...

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