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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View of the J.M. Bailey Jr. Marble Works storefront. From the "Combination Atlas-Map of Walworth Co." Chicago. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of library with unfinished landscaping. Houses are further down the street on the left. A sign attached to a tree reads: "S Fourth St." Caption re... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of a sign to the cemetery that reads: "Old Settler's Cemetery 1837-1875, Burial Place of Samuel * Henry Phoenix, Founders of Delavan 1836." The cemete... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the main building, with a lightpost in the foreground. A sign on the building reads: "Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf & Dumb." Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 07 1892 |
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| Description: | Procession of children and adults at the second convention of the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League at Delavan. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christi... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | This old hotel was known variously as the Park, Brick, or Circus hotel and dates from the 1870s. The large brick structure has a front gable with fancy shi... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Possibly the officers of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Junior National Association of the Deaf sitting in front of the historical marker documenting Wiscons... |
| Date: | 08 09 1963 |
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| Description: | Gordon Yadon, a member of the Mabie Brothers circus tent, and Mary Lou Lawrence, aerialist and trapeze artist, reading the historical marker documenting De... |
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| Description: | Photographic view from unpaved street of the facade of Citizens' Bank. A confectionery and a dentist's office are next door on the right. Caption reads: "T... |
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| Description: | The facade of the Colonial Hotel, with signs and markers to show how the hotels location relates to area communities. Caption reads: "Everybody Stops at th... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view down center of a commercial street lined with buildings and street lamps. Two men are standing in the center of the intersection. Automob... |
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| Description: | View down center of unpaved street towards commercial buildings on the left. There are pedestrians, and horse-drawn vehicles on the sidewalks and along the... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Methodist Church at 213 South Second Street. Congregation established — 1838; Present sanctuary built — 1864; Enlarged and remodele... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a winter scene of the front drive at Lake Lawn Lodge. |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| Description: | A large Bur Oak tree is shading a sign for Vesuvio's Little Italy restaurant on the corner of Washington and South 7th Street. Brick buildings across the s... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | A large, spreading bur oak is standing near the intersection of South Seventh and Washington Streets in front of a small restaurant. A van is parked in fro... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View looking west along Walworth Avenue, with commercial buildings along both sides. Cars are parked in the center of the street, and along the right curb.... |
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