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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View of the front and left side of the Tallman House seen through the trees in the front garden. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Santa Claus surrounded by children at a Christmas Party sponsored by the United Automobile Workers Local 121 of Janesville. |
| Brief history of the General Motors plant in Janesville. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Trim lathe used by the Parker Pen Company of Janesville, Wisconsin to manufacture pen barrels and caps, c. 1946-1999. (Museum Object #2001.51.1) |
| Learn about the strong influence Wisconsin held on the national automobile industry in the early-mid 20th Century. |
| Automobiles in Wisconsin History |
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| Read about the evolution of the automotive industry and the drastic changes in manufacturing work, road infrastructure, the economy and American culture. |
| Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin |
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| Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin. |
| View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
| Wisconsin and the Invention of the Car |
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| Discover how Wisconsin's influence on the automobile and tourist culture. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View across water toward a concrete arch bridge over the Rock River. Caption reads: "Jackson Street Bridge, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the tuberculosis sanatorium. Caption reads: "Pinehurst Sanatorium, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View from the front of a theater towards children sitting in the audience. Standing in the aisle on the right is a man who is dressed as Santa Claus. |
| Date: | 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Edwin H. Allen Jr., of Janesville. In 1935, he was elected assistant editor of The Dormite, a University of Cincinnati publication. In 1... |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
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| Reference Number: | 11526 |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
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| Reference Number: | 11747 |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
| Historic Name: | Oswald Homberger |
| Reference Number: | 125934 |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
| Historic Name: | Ellis Jensen House |
| Reference Number: | 125935 |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
| Historic Name: | Henry W. Hunt House |
| Reference Number: | 125942 |
| Community: | Janesville |
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| County: | Rock |
| Historic Name: | Della Scott House |
| Reference Number: | 125993 |
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