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| Date: | 01 30 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the celebration welcoming the first streetcar into Watertown. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View of the building which housed the first kindergarten in Wisconsin, opened by Mrs. Carl Schurz in 1856. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Empire Mill. Alongside the building are railroad cars at a loading dock. The signs on the mill read: "Globe", "Globe's Empire... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Looking south at street corner. There is a brick building, with a sign that says "Printing Office," and a pharmacy to the right. |
| Date: | 06 13 1913 |
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| Description: | View from street of Brennecke and Bergmann storefront and Watertown Weltbürger Printing Office. |
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| Description: | Two-story building housing livery and boarding stable on South First Street. Three carriages are on the street near the building. |
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| Description: | Father, mother and three girls stand on front porch of what appears to be their home. There is a sign for an office in the basement on the left. |
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| Description: | View from street of Wilkowski Brothers Manufacturers of Cigars storefront, with signage at top of building. A number of circus posters are on a large wall ... |
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| Description: | View from Third and Main Street of storefronts. There is signage for the Tetzlaff and Co. Building Materials above a pile of bricks in a sideyard near the ... |
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| Description: | Jacob Jossi building with man sitting on horse-drawn wagon in open doorway. A buggy is parked in front of G.W. Evans Livery. The steeple of a church buildi... |
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| Description: | View from road of barbershop storefront in Watertown. The sign on top of the barbershop pole says: "L. Spangenberg." A man wearing a hat sits on a bench in... |
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| Description: | View from road of facade of the company building of the Brand Automatic Cashier. A shed on the left has advertisements for: "Bull Durham for Pipe or Cigare... |
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| Description: | Parade scene with a woman on a float, and costumed children and horses. The storefronts and street are decorated with flags and bunting. An archway has bee... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of parade. Crowds are gathered on either side of the street, many holding umbrellas. Women are walking two-by-two carrying flags in parade. F... |
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| Description: | View from across street of storefront of Wm. C. Raue. at 202 Main Street. Signs on the building say: "Wallpaper, Paints, Oils." |
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| Description: | View from street toward the facade of a hotel on a street corner. Awnings are above some of the windows, and the entrances along the sidewalk. A large sign... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from bridge towards businesses on Main Street. Pedestrians are walking along the wide sidewalks. Horse-drawn carriages and streetcars share the road o... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward a hotel on the corner. Two doors are on the left facade; the one at the left corner enters into a buffet. The door in the m... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View along left side sidewalk toward shops and businesses lining a commercial street. A large sign outside a shop on the left reads: "Wholesale Wallpaper, ... |
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