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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down middle of main street of the business district. Automobiles are parked along the curb and pedestrians are on the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Three men are working outside on the street in front of the Dodgeville Hotel. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, formerly the Presbyterian Church, dedicated in 1844. The small building to the right of the church was built and occupi... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View from gate of the "Ruggles Place" between Mineral Point and Arena. The house has two large chimneys; stone pillars support ironwork gates at the entran... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A barn with a large cupola, built in 1852, on "The Capt. W.P. Ruggles Estate." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An outdoor exhibit, possibly at Tower Hill State Park, with a display featuring a "pig of lead" found near the shot tower there. There is also a bronze pla... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View of Front Street with five men standing along a sidewalk. They are standing near a two-story building which houses the Avoca Cooperative Company and th... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the central business district. The Avoca Cooperative Company is on the street corner on the left. Three men congregate near a car parked a... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down platform of people waiting outside the train depot. A train is approaching the terminal on one set of tracks, and a number of train cars are on a... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Stores along Route 30. There is a garage, bank (?), restaurant and rooms, and grocery store. On the utility pole there is a posting for roller skating. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Two girls and a toddler pose on the side of the street on a sidewalk. Three girls play farther down near a storefront with two cars parked along the street... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man poses outside the Fingerhut Brothers grocery and general store. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View up unpaved street. There is a horse-drinking fountain on the left side of the road, and pedestrians are on sidewalks in the background. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View across street of the Dodgeville General Hospital on the corner of Chapel and Iowa Streets. Along Iowa street, there is a John H. Owen's general store,... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. The Hotel Waters is on the left and the Highland Hotel is on the right side of the street. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down High Street looking east. There are many automobiles parked along the curb, and shops line the street. At the end of the street down the hill is ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View across street of the three-story grade school. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across road of wooden church with stained glass windows and a steeple. There are two sets of steps leading up to the entrance. A house is next door on... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of Main Street. Commercial buildings are on both sides of the street, and cars are parked along the curb. A service garage in t... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View along railroad tracks towards the Rewey railroad station. A locomotive spewing smoke into the air is approaching the depot, and passengers are standin... |
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