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Woman Nursing Lambs with Bottles

Date: 1946
Description: Mrs. Floyd French of Newton, Iowa feeds two orphaned lambs using beer or soda bottles. A Farmall tractor is in the background. According to the original ca...
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Dick Wormly Using a Corn Sheller

Date: 12 1930
Description: Dick Wormly using a No. 2 cylinder corn sheller that runs directly to a hog feeder.
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Men Loading International G-61 Truck

Date: 1921
Description: An International Harvester Model G-61 truck owned by the One Minute Manufacturing Co. carrying a shipment of One Minute Washers. The truck is parked in an ...
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Iowa Corn and Small Grain Exposition Ribbon Winner

Date: 02 10 1912
Description: A bundle of oats on display with a ribbon that reads: "Ninth Annual Iowa Corn and Small Grain Exposition, Newton, Iowa, Jan. 29 - February 10, 1912". Anoth...
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First National Bank

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of automobiles parked in front of the First National Bank building.
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North Spring Street

Date: 
Description: Row of shopfronts on North Spring Street in brick buildings with the Sussex county courthouse in the background. Caption reads: "North Spring Street."
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First National Bank

Date: 1922
Description: View across street toward the exterior of the First National Bank, a classical stone building.
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Conference Room

Date: 1922
Description: A view of the conference room at the First National Bank.
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Vault Entrance

Date: 1922
Description: View of the entrance to the vault at the First National Bank.
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Teller Windows

Date: 1922
Description: View of the interior of the First National Bank. Teller windows are on both sides of the room which has high ceilings.
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Bank Vault

Date: 1922
Description: A view of the cash and safety deposit vaults in the First National Bank.
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Welcoming Arch to Returning War Veterans of Sussex County

Date: 10 04 1919
Description: Front view of a welcoming arch for the returning war veterans of Sussex County. The arch lists major battle sites on the left, and shows the county's honor...
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Don Bosco College

Date: 
Description: A view of a mass held at the grotto shrine on the Salesian grounds. The priest faces the altar, which is in a grotto, and a statue of Mary stands to the ri...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering One-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1930
Description: Man pulling McCormick-Deering one-row corn picker with a farm wagon in a cornfield.
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McCormick-Deering No.2 Corn Sheller and Farmall Regular

Date: 12 1930
Description: McCormick-Deering No.2 corn sheller and Farmall Regular tractor on Dick Wormley's farm. A man stands on the left gathering the shelled corn into a "utility...
Map or Atlas

Plat Maps of Newton Township in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Showing Land Ownership, Mortgages, and Soils

Date: 1955
Description: These 24 plat maps of the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, show soil type; mortgages in force as of January 1, 1932; land warrants holders; mor...
Map or Atlas

Town 18 Range 23

Date: 1800
Description: This 19th-century manuscript map of the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, shows sections, lakes and streams, the trail from Chicago to Green Bay...
Historical Essay

Newton

Origin of Newton, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Newton, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Prize-Winning Sheaf of Oats

Date: 1912
Description: Sheaf of oats at the ninth annual exposition of the Iowa Corn & Small Grain Association.
Property Record

7005 STATE HIGHWAY 42

Community: Newton
County: Manitowoc
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 135221

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