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The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
Photograph

Union Street

Date: 
Description: View of the businesses on Union Street, notably J.P. Dennett's Drug Store, located on the far right corner.
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North Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of businesses located on north Main Street, including Winterburn Drugs and the First National Bank.
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West Side of Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of the west side of Main Street. Stores pictured (right to left): Kypke's Dry Goods store, Heimstreet's Drugstore, and a saloon.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Jefferson

Date: 1862
Description: Bird's-eye view of Jefferson.
Postcard

Little Pig Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View towards the factory, which has a roof over the long loading dock. Caption reads: "The Home of the Jones' 'Little Pig Sausages,' Ft. Atkinson, Wis.
Photograph

Aztalan Museum

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Description: Aztalan Museum, exterior of building. The original building was used as a church and construction was concluded in 1852.
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Aztalan Museum

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the Aztalan Museum after restoration. The building, originally a church with a steeple, was built in 1852.
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Aztalan Museum

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Aztalan museum.
Photograph

Aztalan Church

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of Aztalan Church.
Photograph

Aztalan Church

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior view of Aztalan church, built in 1852.
Photograph

Baptist Church

Date: 1941
Description: View of the Aztalan Baptist Church prior to restoration by the Lake Mills-Aztalan Historical Society.
Photograph

Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: View of an old home or inn. Two people are looking out of an open window, and two men are standing outside leaning against the building.
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Aztalan State Park

Date: 
Description: View of the southwest pyramidal mound in Aztalan State Park as it appeared after restoration. A person is standing on top of the mound.
Painting

Aztalan Indian Village

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Indian village, along a river, (in a painted reconstruction) during an Indian ceremony.
Photograph

Calm Crawfish River

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Description: View from shoreline across Crawfish River, with foliage and a barbed wire fence in the foreground.
Print

Fortified Village of Aztalan

Date: 1955
Description: Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it.
Photograph

Aztalan State Park

Date: 
Description: Little girl under the "Aztalan Mound Park" sign, in a field. Another person stands in the background on one of the mounds.
Photograph

Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1940
Description: Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1851. It claims to be "the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal church in the world."
Postcard

Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1905
Description: Three-quarter view from left of the Methodist Episcopal church. Caption reads: "'Norge' M.E. Church, Cambridge, Wis."

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