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Grand Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: The Grand Hotel.
Postcard

Grand Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards the Grand Hotel, with a stagecoach in front. Caption reads: "Grand Hotel, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Grand Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: The Grand Hotel. Caption reads: "Grand Hotel, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Janesville's Hotel Myers

Date: 1919
Description: Hotel Myers, in downtown Janesville. Richard Lloyd Jones was born in Janesville in 1873 and lived there until his father, Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones moved th...
Photograph

Janesville's Milwaukee Street looking east from the Bridge

Date: 1919
Description: Street scene with pedestrians near Milwaukee Street bridge. The Hotel Myers is in the background. The Lappin-Hayes Block is seen to the right of the Myer...
Historical Essay

Notable Fires in Wisconsin

See a list and brief description of significant fires in Wisconsin history.
Historical Essay

The Beginning of Gideons International

Where Exactly did it Start?
When and where did The Gideons International really begin? There are more answers then you would think. Give this a read and decide for yourself.
Map or Atlas

Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin Street Numbering System

Date: 10 1969
Description: A street map of Janesville showing the block numbers on each street. Other landmarks are labeled such as chain stores, parks, schools, manufacturing compa...
Photograph

Man Talking to Trump Supporters

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Standing in the foreground in front of a fence are two people with cameras filming an African American man talking to a group of people who are Trump suppo...
Photograph

Crowd Entering the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd of people waiting in line at the security gates in front of the building for the Donald Trump rally. Police, secret servi...
Photograph

Security at the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: View looking up at two police officers standing on the roof of the Janesville Conference Center at the Holiday Inn Express which is hosting the Donald Trum...
Photograph

Young Man with Pro Donald Trump Poster

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A young man is posing standing outdoors with his poster which reads: "All president's [sic] should read the Art of the Deal!" The sign features a drawing o...
Photograph

Young Woman Pepper Sprayed

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A fifteen-year-old girl is being helped through the crowd, escorted by a woman and two Rock County police officers. Her face and part of her clothing is co...
Postcard

Milwaukee Street Looking East

Date: 
Description: Color illustration of a central street scene. The Hotel Myers is on the right, and automobiles and pedestrians are in the street. Caption reads: "Milwaukee...
Postcard

Grand Hotel

Date: 1911
Description: View from intersection towards a hotel on the corner, with an electric sign. An automobile is parked at the curb, and a public scale is on the sidewalk. Ca...
Postcard

Hotel Monterey

Date: 1930
Description: Colorized postcard view of a six-story corner hotel. Automobiles are parked at the curb. The cinema next door is showing Richard Arlen in "Burning Up." Cap...
Postcard

Hotel Myers

Date: 
Description: View of a four-story corner hotel on a street corner. The arched entrance has columns. An automobile is parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Hotel Myers, Ja...

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