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| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Birds-eye drawing of Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, rivers, lakes, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of th... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Albert Kaepernick Jr.'s McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealership. A poster in the front window reads: "Throw your scrap into the fight!". |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Davison Theater. Caption reads: "Davison Theatre, Beaver Dam, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across yard towards the Johnson family sitting on steps of their house at 110 Grove Street. A horse and buggy is parked in the front yard. Mrs. Johnso... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, from cotton mill tower, Beaver Dam, Wis." Two churches are in the background, and there are smokestacks and a water tower n... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Crowds on Front Street during Dodge County Fair day, circa 1910-1915. Caption reads: "Front St., on a Dodge Co. Fair Day." |
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| Description: | A worker in the pig-iron storage yard at Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 1 A section of the pig-iron storage yard, Monarch... |
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| Description: | Two workers stock the warehouse at the Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 17 A corner of the warehouse where immense stocks a... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | International Harvester dealer Albert Karpernich(?), Jr. pins a "MacArthur Week" button on a boy scrap collector. According to the original caption, Karper... |
| Date: | 11 19 1999 |
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| Description: | "The pyramid Supper Club is on Hwy 33, east of Beaver Dam, WI." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Ralph Widmer, and Shirley Widmer. View at night. |
| Date: | 09 28 2001 |
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| Description: | "Today, we visit Larson's Family Restaurant, at 1105 N. Spring Street in Beaver Dam, WI." |
| Date: | 01 04 2002 |
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| Description: | "On this first Friday in the new year we visit Walker's Family Restaurant, 813 Park Avenue, Beaver Dam, WI." |
| Date: | 09 13 2002 |
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| Description: | "Today we visit the Spring Garden Restaurant at 1102 Madison St, Beaver Dam." The sign in front reads, "Friday all-you-can-eat perch or cod." This photogra... |
| Date: | 06 18 2004 |
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| Description: | "Maly's Bus Stop (voted best fish fry) is at 404 South Center Street, Beaver Dam." |
| Date: | 10 19 2007 |
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| Description: | "Most of our crew is busy today, so only Shirley and Jim [not pictured] visit John's at 1201 Madison Street, Beaver Dam." |
| Date: | 06 18 2010 |
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| Description: | "Ward Woltman, Oak Grove, poses at Char [Haus] Pub and Grill, 400 South Center Street, Beaver Dam." |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Baby carriage used by the McFetridge family of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, c. 1871. (Museum object #1963.135.225) |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an elevated view of a river with a dam in the distance. Caption reads: "Beaver Dam, Wis. Birds-eye View of River Below the Dam." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of a lake with boathouses along the shore and dwellings in the distance. Caption reads: "Birds Eye View from Cott... |
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