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Railroad Depot

Date: 1925
Description: Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu...
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High School

Date: 1910
Description: View of the high school, with a group of people near its entrance and a couple seated on a bench in the foreground. There is a water tower behind the schoo...
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Water Tower

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Description: View of a water tower built in 1901. Trees surround the structure and other buildings are in the background.
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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...
Postcard

Moore's Lakeside Resort on Brown's Lake

Date: 07 18 1915
Description: Black and white postcard of Moore's Lakeside Resort on Brown's Lake. Staff and/or visitors are posing on the front porch and on the lawn. The wrap-around b...
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Canning Factory

Date: 1921
Description: The back of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company grounds. The site includes a two-story factory, a silo, and a water tower. There is a reel lawn mower lying o...
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Theresa State Bank

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Description: "Theresa State Bank was built on this empty lot, on Wisconsin Street, in 1975."
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Lauson Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated-view illustration of the John Lauson Manufacturing Company factory. The company made Lauson tractors and Lauson Frost King gasoline engines.
Postcard

Water Works

Date: 1919
Description: Colorized postcard view of the water works, smokestack and water tower. People are lounging under the trees in front. Caption reads: "Water Works, Beloit, ...
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Inspecting a Horse Pull

Date: 06 1983
Description: Martin Koll and Larry Dogs check out a horse pull on the Theresa Historical Grounds.
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Meadow Brook Resort on Highway 13

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view from hill of Meadow Brook Resort. The main building is on the left and the annex is on the right. There is an automobile parked in the drivew...
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Swimming Pool at Meadow Brook Resort

Date: 1933
Description: Three woman bathers in the in-ground swimming pool. Each corner has an electric lamppost. There is a water tower on a hilltop in the distance.
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Scene at Riverdale on Lucky 13

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Description: Two cottages at Riverdale Resort. There is a group of guests in the screened-in porch in the cottage on the left. Behind the tree in the center is a water ...
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Exterior View of Residence of W.R. O'Hearn

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Description: Exterior view of the home of W.R. O'Hearn in Black River Falls, near 9th Court, just south of the water standpipe in the background. Three children are pos...
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Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm on Highway 18, thirty miles west of Milwaukee.
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Montello House

Date: 1897
Description: A cabinet card photograph of the Montello House Hotel. The two-story brick building has a gable fronted wing on the right and a shingled wooden tower on th...
Postcard

Wolfrum's Resortm, Little Cedar Lake

Date: 1909
Description: View up sloped lawn towards Wolfrum's Resort at Cedar Lake. Along the top of the slope are four buildings and a water tower. Caption reads: "Wolfrum's Reso...
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Timmer's Resort, Cedar Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored view across field towards Timmer's Resort, with a water tower and a windmill in the background. There is an automobile parked by a fence in th...
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Buildings and Water Tower with Flag

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Description: View across lawn towards a large building with a roofed porch. The front of the porch is covered heavily with vines. On the lawn in the foreground is a mow...
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Hotel Interlaken, Beaver Lake

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Description: View across lawn towards the Hotel Interlocken. There are chairs on the porch, and a water tower, obscured by a tree, is on a platform just above the roofl...

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