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| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Three men stand under the iconic mortar and pestle and striped awnings of E.A. Horn's Drugstore. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Corner of Main and First Street. The first two buildings on the southwest corner are Abraham Meinhold's dry goods and LeClair's hardware store. Next is A.F... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Advance Thresher Company, 601 Williamson Street, as seen in "Madison, Wis. And It's Points Of Interest." The dealer was one of many wh... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View from the foot of Carroll Street with the Angle Worm Station at Barnes boat landing on Lake Monona. Shows the Scutt II taken from the first succ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | The Carlisle House on Brodhead Street. The building is surrounded by the Commercial Hotel, a billiard parlor, and J. Orbrecht's Variety Store. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | View from across the railroad track. The Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad car #4770 is in the foreground. The Freeman House, Carlisle House and Empire Stove... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View from along right side of bridge of Milwaukee Street looking east in Janesville. The Myers House is located at the top of the hill. There is a sign for... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Elevated view taken from the extreme end of Clark's Saw and Planing Mill. An old flour mill can be seen behind the bridge, and to the extreme right are thr... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The Gundry, Gray and Company store. The building was erected in 1841 and the dog on the sign was added in 1871. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk across unpaved High Street in Mineral Point. There is a large clock hanging above the sidewalk on the right. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Martin and Toay Store in Mineral Point. A man is standing at the top of a stairway on the left side of the building. A group of people a... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | View of unpaved Water Street, showing a millinery shop. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View of unpaved Water Street south of the Highway 12 intersection, looking north. Bluffs are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View across road towards several buildings, including A.H. Krouskop's store. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Alba House, with individuals standing outside its entrance and on the balcony. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the downtown area looking northeast from the courthouse corner. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street business district. Horses and buggies are on the street. Some business signs read: "American and Norsk Store," "Furniture," "L....re & ... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. In the right background is the building of the Trade Reporter newspaper at the corner of Main and High Streets; across the street from it is J... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. Will Brothers Meat Market can be seen on the right corner, and a tinshop is beside it on the left. |
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