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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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Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...
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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.
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Bell Dedication

Date: 08 1995
Description: "At the Theresa Historical Society grounds, Les Beck and John Bodden dedicate an 800-lb. bell that called children to school for 65 years at the Theresa Pu...
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...
Postcard

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.
Photograph

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...
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A Gathering at Maple Bluff Country Club

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Description: A large group of men in three-piece business suits standing and sitting together on the lawn at the Maple Bluff Country Club. There is a water tower in the...
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Golfers at Maple Bluff Country Club

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Description: Portrait of two golfers wearing white shirts and smoking cigars posing outdoors. They clubs they are holding are drivers. Behind them people are relaxing o...

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