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Samson Automobile Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Advertisement for the Samson nine-passenger automobile featuring a photograph of men and women sitting in the car.
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Rath Church Decorating Service

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Portrait of Clemens Rath, head of Rath Church Decorating Service, 3331 University Avenue, standing beside a glass mosaic window made by the firm for St. Pa...
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Memorial Day March

Date: 1920
Description: Small group of elderly men, two of them bearing, respectively, a U.S. Flag, and a banner, perhaps a company roster. This may be a group of Civil War vetera...
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Family Driving

Date: 1903
Description: George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car.
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Janesville Rotary Club Entertains University of Wisconsin, Beloit, and Milton College Foreign Students

Date: 02 11 1961
Description: Ninety-two foreign students attending the U.W., Beloit, and Milton Colleges representing 35 countries took buses to Janesville where they were guests of th...
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Horse-Drawn Hearses in a Funeral Procession

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Description: View from across unpaved street of four men with horse-drawn hearses lined up in front of an undertaking building. The other storefronts are a stable on th...
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"Veterans for Trump" Sign

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: An elderly man in a suit is holding a sign reading: "Veterans for Trump, Make America Great Again!" Other men and women are standomg around him waiting to ...
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Donald Trump Supporters

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A man is standing with his son outdoors while waiting to enter the Donald Trump rally. They are both wearing suits, and the father is wearing sunglasses, a...
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J.B. Whiting

Date: 08 1896
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a suit and tie, with three medals pinned to his chest. This is Dr. Joseph Bellamy Whiting, who was a physician in ...
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Richard Adams

Date: 1887
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Richard Adams, a member of the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company "F."
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Edwin H. Allen Jr.

Date: 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Edwin H. Allen Jr., of Janesville. In 1935, he was elected assistant editor of The Dormite, a University of Cincinnati publication. In 1...

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