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Delavan High School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the high school. Caption reads: "High School Delavan Wis."
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Delavan Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of library with unfinished landscaping. Houses are further down the street on the left. A sign attached to a tree reads: "S Fourth St." Caption re...
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Walworth Avenue

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Description: Elevated view of a broad downtown street. Caption reads: "Walworth Avenue, Delavan, Wis."
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Residential Street

Date: 1908
Description: Angled view of the left side of a residential street lined with trees, probably taken in early spring. The home of A.H. Allyn is on the left. A covered fou...
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From a Photograph Album

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Description: Portrait of a man wearing a suit, tie and boater hat standing in the middle of a cobbled road intersection looking down at a small folding camera he is hol...
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Views of Delavan, Wis.

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic collage of ten views of Delavan, including churches, lakes, and street scenes. Caption reads: "Views of Delavan, Wis."
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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...
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The Bradley Knitting Company

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Description: Colored postcard of an illustration of a three-story industrial building on the other side of the street. There is an automobile driving by. Caption reads:...
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Aram Public Library

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Description: Hand-colored view from street of the public library building on Fourth Street. Caption reads: "The Aram Public Library, Delavan, Wis."
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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...
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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...
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Business Street

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Description: View down center of unpaved street towards commercial buildings on the left. There are pedestrians, and horse-drawn vehicles on the sidewalks and along the...
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St. Andrews Catholic Church

Date: 1958
Description: View from across street of the front of St. Andrews Church. There are wide steps and a central railing leading up to the entrance. The steeple of the churc...
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Civil War Tree

Date: 07 2014
Description: A large Bur Oak tree is shading a sign for Vesuvio's Little Italy restaurant on the corner of Washington and South 7th Street. Brick buildings across the s...
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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...
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Civil War Sign-Up Tree

Date: 1981
Description: A large, spreading bur oak is standing near the intersection of South Seventh and Washington Streets in front of a small restaurant. A van is parked in fro...
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Walworth Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View looking west along Walworth Avenue, with commercial buildings along both sides. Cars are parked in the center of the street, and along the right curb....

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