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Stone Hop House

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of a stone hop house built by Jesse Carpenter in 1894. It was sold to James Stuart "when the crash came."
Photograph

Country Dale School Classroom

Date: 11 25 1966
Description: In a view from beneath a television stand, seventh grade students are listening to a lecture in their classroom at Country Dale school.
Poster

Mogul 8-16 Tractor Demonstration Advertising Poster

Date: 1916
Description: Advertising poster for a field demonstration of a Mogul 8-16 kerosene tractor on the farm of Olaf Nelson near Franklin, Minnesota. Includes the text: "Gran...
Photograph

Parking Meters for Sale

Date: 10 04 1983
Description: A man looks over parking meters that are some of the items for sale at the first Milwaukee County Recycling Center sale.
Photograph

Filling Potholes

Date: 04 27 1987
Description: A city worker fills in holes in the road in mild spring weather.
Drawing

Franklin. Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye view of Franklin.
Photograph

Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
Photograph

Painesville Memorial Chapel

Date: 1924
Description: A flag is flying on a flagpole in the front yard near the entrance of the Greek Revival building. Several people are exiting the one story building. A whit...
Photograph

Sulloway Mills

Date: 1917
Description: Composite of views, including an elevated view of Sulloway Mills, and insets captioned "50 Years Ago" and "New Office Building."
Photograph

Franklin Mills

Date: 
Description: The Franklin Yextile Mills and T Steven's Company seen from the Winnehesauke River. View includes the factory dam, a smokestack and tall factory buildings.
Photograph

Birthplace of Daniel Webster

Date: 
Description: The rear view of the birthplace of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), a leading American statesman during the nation's Antebellum Period, was built in 1780 and re...
Photograph

Birthplace of Daniel Webster

Date: 
Description: The birthplace of Daniel Webster (1782-1852), a leading American statesman during the nation's Antebellum Period, was built in 1780 and restored in 1913. W...
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Birthplace of Daniel Webster

Date: 
Description: Cooking fireplace at the birthplace of Daniel Webster, a house that was built in 1780 and restored in 1913. There are oven doors built into the left side o...
Photograph

Fifteenth Street

Date: 1912
Description: View down Fifteenth Street. An automobile is parked outside an elaborate mansion.
Map or Atlas

Map of Franklin Township, Wisconsin

Date: 1976
Description: An 1876 reprinted map of the Township of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, that shows the land ownership and sectioning of the town, as well as the ro...
Photograph

Shake Hollow School

Date: 
Description: View down road towards of a small wooden school house with children in the yard in front of it. Identified as Shake Hollow school in the town of Franklin.
Map or Atlas

City of Franklin, [Wis.]

Date: 1960
Description: This blue line print shows state and city maintained roads, as well as government land, parks, Milwaukee Co. Park Commission, golf courses, schools, City o...
Photograph

Franklin School District Teachers Picketing

Date: 09 11 1984
Description: Several men and women are standing outside a building, many holding signs. Among the signs are: "Quality Education for Children but No Control," "Action fo...
Photograph

A Small Place for a Little Music

Date: 09 08 1977
Description: A woman is standing with her hands on her hips, looking down at a group of children. All the children are wearing hats, several of which are "Bicentennial ...

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