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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | East Washington Avenue from the Capitol Park with a view of the water tower, which stood from 1890 to 1920. |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Stone Street. A car is parked in front of an auto repair store. Electric power lines run down the street, and a water tower is in ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the bridge, with several cars driving on it. On the left and right are streets below the bridge. In the distance are smokestacks and water... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Northwestern Manufacturing Company plant. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View showing Northwestern Mfg. Co.'s Plant, Fort Atkinson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Water tower near East Washington Avenue, that stood from 1890 to 1920. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked at the base of the tower. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Winter view of a city street with parked automobiles and people walking down the sidewalk. A lamppost is in the foreground, and a smokestack and water towe... |
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| Description: | State Street in Medford. Caption reads: "State Street, Medford, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of New Richmond, including a water tower, and commercial and residential buildings. |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol looking east, towards the old Water Works tower on East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Rock River, with a large smokestack and water tower on the left. Richard Lloyd Jones was born in Janesville in 1873 and lived there u... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon in front of several brick buildings, including the Capitol Publishing building, near the water tower. The man driving the wagon may... |
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| Description: | Colorized view of a log jam scene with industrial buildings in the background. Caption reads: "A Log Jam, Marinette, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across water toward the back and side of the plant. Three young men in bathing suits sit on a wall over the bridge to the right. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Patek Brothers, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a paint company, with a halftone image of a hand dipping a brush into a can of Patek paint, el... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Sanitary Refrigerator Company of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, manufacturers of wood and steel refrigerators, with an elevated three-quarter vi... |
| Date: | 09 1902 |
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| Description: | Farmers with wagon loads of sacks of potatoes(?), probably waiting to load them on a train. |
| Date: | 09 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from left side of double set of railroad tracks towards a locomotive approaching the railroad station from the opposite direction. People are in front... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View looking east towards a water tower on East Washington Avenue. There are commercial buildings along the sidewalks on the left and right, and automobile... |
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