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Kenosha Trolley Station

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Description: View across tracks toward the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Station. Caption reads: "C. & M. Electric Station, Kenosha, Wis."
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: A construction site with a truck manufactured by Winther Motor and Truck Company. A forty foot boom is mounted on the truck. Workers are positioning a stee...
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Allen and Sons Tannery

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Description: The buildings of Allen & Sons Tannery, with boats carrying supplies in the foreground.
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Kenosha County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: Kenosha County's second Court House located at the southeast corner of Market and Sheridan Road. It was built in 1885 and razed in 1925. Four men are stand...
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Third Kenosha Court House

Date: 1925
Description: The third of Kenosha County courthouses, located on the corner of Sheridan and 56th Street. The courthouse cost $1,000,000 to construct. In the foreground ...
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Deming House

Date: 1930
Description: The home of Rev. D.H. Deming. The house was built in 1858 on Kenosha Street near Deming Street.
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Kenosha Harbor

Date: 1940
Description: A view across Kenosha harbor at the large Simmons Company factory building.
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O.S. Head House

Date: 1896
Description: The residence of O.S. Head. A man is sitting in the foreground on a wrap-around bench around a tree.
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High School

Date: 1908
Description: View toward the high school building. Caption reads: "High School, Kenosha, Wis."
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First Kenosha High School

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Description: The first Kenosha High School.
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Kenosha High School

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the high school building. Caption reads: "Kenosha High School, Kenosha, Wis."
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Kenosha Water Cure

Date: 1880
Description: The Kenosha water cure on the corner of N. Main and Grand Avenue. It was built in the 1840's for educational and religious purposes. It burned down in 1900...
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Kenosha Cemetery

Date: 1900
Description: The exterior wall along the Kenosha cemetery.
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Kimball's Hall

Date: 1870
Description: View across intersection towards Kimball's Hall, one of the first brick buildings in Kenosha. A sign on the right side of the building reads: "Dewey & Sinc...
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Leet Home

Date: 1920
Description: The Leet house, site of the first town meeting of the Township of Somers.
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Longwell House

Date: 1920
Description: The Longwell house, residence of Hugh Longwell. It was used for the first school in Somers Township.
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Main Street

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view looking down Main Street. There are horse-drawn vehicles, and pedestrians are walking on the street and sidewalks.
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Main Street

Date: 05 12 1898
Description: View down center of street with shops and stores on either side of Main Street.
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Maxwell House

Date: 1920
Description: The Maxwell home, located at the corner of Green Bay Road and 60th Street.
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I.G. Merrill House

Date: 1860
Description: The home of I.G. Merrill on the corner of Ann Street (now called Sheridan Road) and Prairie Avenue. A person is standing in front of the fence at the corne...

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