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Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory

Date: 1910
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...
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Main Street

Date: 01 30 1908
Description: Elevated view of the celebration welcoming the first streetcar into Watertown.
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Kindergarten

Date: 1928
Description: View of the building which housed the first kindergarten in Wisconsin, opened by Mrs. Carl Schurz in 1856.
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Empire Mill

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the Empire Mill.
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Sign for Watertown Tourist Camp

Date: 1925
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...
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Ford, Frog, and Station

Date: 1929
Description: A Ford automobile parked at the "The Frog," a filling station between Cambridge and Lake Ripley that also offered motorists ice cream, soda pop, and candy....
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Main Street

Date: 1930
Description: View looking across Main Street. On the right, Tutton Bros. repair shop and service station can be seen. Caption reads: "Main St. Palmyra Wis."
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Enterprise Building

Date: 1936
Description: The Palmyra Enterprise Building. Sign reads: "Printing of All Kinds" and "A Happy Advertising Medium."
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Butcher Shop Interior

Date: 1903
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...
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Standard Oil Farm Meeting

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: View of speakers platform from the back of the room at a Standard Oil Co. farm meeting.
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4th & Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: Looking south at street corner. There is a brick building, with a sign that says "Printing Office," and a pharmacy to the right.
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Main Street

Date: 1906
Description: One time location of Mary Hoffard house. View down dirt road, lined with houses, shops, and trees. A horse-drawn vehicle is going down the road.
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Edward Beyer with Milk Can and Cooler

Date: 1937
Description: Edward Beyer stands with a milk can, cream separator, and McCormick-Deering cooler on his farm.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Caught in Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own...
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Carnival Tent

Date: 06 1908
Description: Crowd near the front of a side show tent with large banners.
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Firemen's Parade

Date: 06 1908
Description: The Lake Mills band and fire company lead the parade during a fire company competition in their home town.
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Watertown at 4th and Main Street

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: View from street of Brennecke and Bergmann storefront and Watertown Weltbürger Printing Office.
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The Jefferson House

Date: 07 21 1962
Description: Exterior view of the Jefferson House, in business as a hotel since 1837. Several advertisements are posted on the hotel, along with a poster portrait of th...
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Wisconsin Feed and Seed

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: View across lot towards men, a boy, and a dog standing beneath an overhang outside the Cambridge Feed and Seed Company. Parked nearby are a truck and an au...
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Main Street

Date: 1900
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...

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