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Capital Times Newspaper Carriers

Date: 06 12 1933
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Capital Times newspaper carriers. In the background is a church building on the left, and a water tower on the right.
Postcard

Industrial Sector

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, from cotton mill tower, Beaver Dam, Wis." Two churches are in the background, and there are smokestacks and a water tower n...
Postcard

Downtown Cumberland and Beaver Dam Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Cumberland with Beaver Dam Lake in the background. In the foreground is a street, and across the street is a church, a water tower and dwe...
Postcard

View of Stoughton

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Stoughton. Caption reads: "From City Hall Tower, Stoughton, Wis."
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Cement Work

Date: 1915
Description: A wooden chest with a sign "[illegible] Cement Work" stands on West Dayton Street near its intersection with Wisconsin Avenue. There is a bucket nearby, an...
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Theresa Village Marker

Date: 02 01 1978
Description: "In the early morning hours, a new month dawns on the small village of Theresa. The village is now in the 130th year of its existence." The village marke...
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Children Boarding School Bus

Date: 02 24 1978
Description: "School children boarding bus #14 after school."
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Village View

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "Village of Theresa, looking north."
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Summer Homes on Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: View from the lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior. The water tower and church steeple are visible on the far righ...
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Mazomanie. The church's steeple stands out in the landscape of houses and barns.
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Elevated City View

Date: 11 1993
Description: "View from the steeple looking north."
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Elevated City View

Date: 06 1996
Description: "Theresa from the water tower."
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Bird's Eye View

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view over farm fields in the foreground and town in the distance, with low rolling hills in the far background. Buildings that stand out are St Lu...
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Catholic Church

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Description: View up a road towards the front of the catholic church, which has a steeple and belfry. The double door entrance has an arched stained glass window, and a...
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Elevated View of Stoddard

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Description: View down hill towards Stoddard, with the Mississippi River and hills in the background. The German Lutheran Church is in the foreground, and there are rai...
Postcard

Upper Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard view from riverbank of the Upper Bridge crossing the Rock River into Beloit. A man is in a rowboat in the foreground. In the background ...
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Panorama of Madison

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic elevated view to the east from the Capitol Square.
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Aerial View of Arlington

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of residential homes, farmland and streets.
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Elevated View of Beaver Dam

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of town with homes and factories.
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Water Tower on East Washington Avenue

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Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol of the old water tower, and an expansive view of the city with church steeples, houses, commercial buildings...

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