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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Polish immigrant standing near a team of horses eating hay in Market Square. He is wearing work clothes. Large brick buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Polish immigrants in Market Square wearing Polish national dress. The men are wearing suits, coats, and hats. The women are wearing dresses, shawls and hat... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Polish immigrants, wearing Polish national dress, with a wagon in Market Square. Other men in the square are wearing suits, long coats, and hats. The women... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Polish immigrants in Market Square wearing Polish national dress. The men are wearing suits, coats, and hats. The women are wearing dresses, shawls, hats a... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Polish immigrants in Market Square with horse-drawn lumber sledges and hay wagons. Commercial buildings are in the background. A sign on o... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | The hardware store opened and run by Joseph Rumenopp located on the corner of Central Avenue and East Second Street. The store was later sold to J.J. Willi... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View of the west side of Water Street. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | View of unpaved Water Street, showing a millinery shop. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View of unpaved Water Street south of the Highway 12 intersection, looking north. Bluffs are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street from Pinckney Street. A sign on the top of the building reads: "Solders' Record Office." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View across road towards several buildings, including A.H. Krouskop's store. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Alba House, with individuals standing outside its entrance and on the balcony. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | This photograph was made soon after the building was completed. It shows a five-leveled structure which was cut down to two and one-half levels in 1921. At... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the downtown area looking northeast from the courthouse corner. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of east side of Main Street, with Raymond & Jones Hardware visible at 112 Main Street. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Looking north on Main Street, from the Square, Manufacturer's National Bank at 440 Main Street. |
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