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Hillsboro Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: Commercial street in Hillsboro. A row of cars are parked in the center of the street.
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Farmers State Bank

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior of the Farmers State Bank building. The two-story brick building features the words "Farmers State Bank" on the facade as well as on the window.
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Hillsboro High School

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior of the Hillsboro high school.
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National Bicycle Week

Date: 1963
Description: View from street of group of local boys taking part in a celebration of National Bicycle Week. Members of the Shaker-Callaway Post of the VFW were on hand ...
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Bicycle Safety Instruction

Date: 1963
Description: Sterling Standiford, a State Trooper, talking to a group of local children on bicycle safety during National Bicycle Week. The activities took place outsid...
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Boy at National Bicycle Week

Date: 1963
Description: A boy taking part in a National Bicycle Week Celebration stands near a bicycle. Sterling Standiford, a State Trooper who was present to explain proper ope...
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Water Avenue Fire

Date: 12 31 1990
Description: Firefighters battle a fire that engulfed Kruk's Drug Store and Hansen's Department Store. The pharmacy was to change ownership the next day.
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Water Avenue Fire

Date: 12 31 1990
Description: Firefighters battle a fire that engulfed Kruk's Drug Store and Hansen's Department Store. The pharmacy was to change ownership the next day.
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Downtown Automobile Race

Date: 07 04 1911
Description: Elevated view looking towards sidewalk and street of a crowd looking at automobiles lined up for a downtown race. According to Alan Picha of the Hillsboro ...
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The Day's Catch

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait of men and boys standing in front of two houses all holding a long stringer of fish. Three women are standing in the yard in the background....
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Mitscher in Parade

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Elevated view of Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's car in a parade held in his honor. Hillsboro planned the celebration to commemorate the first time in ten yea...
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Hillsboro Trolley

Date: 1911
Description: Composite photograph of a trolley traversing Hillsboro's Main Street. Hillsboro did not actually have a streetcar; the image of the trolley was taken from ...
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Downtown Hillsboro

Date: 1908
Description: View across unpaved street of people, horses and wagons, and businesses on one side of Water Avenue, the heart of Hillsboro's downtown and business distric...
Postcard

Looking West from Schoolhouse

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a Hillsboro neighborhood. Rolling hills are in the background. Caption reads: "Looking West from Schoolhouse, Hillsboro, Wis."
Postcard

First Congregational Church

Date: 1954
Description: View across street towards the church. The entrance and steeple are on the right. Caption reads: "First Congregational Church, Hillsboro, Wis."
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Public School

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior view of the public school, a brick one-story building. Caption reads: "Public School, Hillsboro, Wis."

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