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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde... |
| 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: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Sign along STH 19 near Watertown advertising the community's free tourist camp. One of the many problems associated with automobile travel during the earl... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the butcher shop section of the Fowler and Holmes Store. There is wood paneling and cabinetry throughout the room, shelving and hooks on t... |
| 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. |
| 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, ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across road toward the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory, with two small loading docks on the right. A man is standing on the dock, and three men are lo... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A bridge with a lighted entrance arch reading "Tivoli" leads to Tivoli Island. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Dizzy Sizzlers were a comedy band based in Watertown that performed throughout Wisconsin during the 1950s and 1960s. |
| Date: | 04 1900 |
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| Description: | The horses and buggies of William Wills, A. Pautz, and Sarah Krueger are at the gate of Oak Hill Cemetery, founded in 1850. |
| Date: | 07 28 1901 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street, facing east, during Pawnee Bill's Circus Wild West Parade. |
| Date: | 07 28 1901 |
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| Description: | View of Pawnee Bill's Circus Parade. |
| Date: | 08 15 1931 |
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| Description: | An automobile with a trailer in tow is parked at a Cities Service gas station. The trailer is carrying the racing yacht "Black Point III" to Neenah, Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "1926 photo of William McBoyle's passenger service plane, Watertown, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Front: 1926 photo of William McBoyle's p... |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Main Street, Watertown, Wisconsin." On the reverse: "Front: A present day view of Main Street in downtown Watertown, Wisconsin, sketc... |
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