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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | At the Aztalan Indian Mounds a group of people are standing on a hillside in the background. In the foreground are corn shocks. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of the Rockdale mill, a grist and sawmill built in 1847 by Thomas and Nathan Van Horn. A group of people are standing on a sidewalk or loading dock on... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of the First Methodist Church. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of the First Methodist Church. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of lower Main Street lined with electric power lines and storefronts. Caption reads: "Lower Main Street, Fort Atkinson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fort Howard taken from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with the dam and river. A tugboat is in the river above the dam. Caption reads: "View o... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of the Methodist Church and parsonage, with Reverend Elvardo Cyrus Potter standing outside with his daughter, Grace. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Cover of Billed-Magazin. featuring an engraved view of The Jefferson Liberal Institute. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Norwegian Octagon church, built in 1852 and torn down about 1891 or 1892. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions... |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Watertown in 1842." |
| Date: | 1841 |
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| Description: | View across the river towards several residences on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of The Van Alstine Exchange, an early hotel in Watertown. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View of the Rock River with a train on a railroad bridge in the foreground, and the town in the distance. Pedestrians are walking along a path on the left ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Richards' Octagon House, with a horse and carriage and various people posed in front of it. Caption reads: "Octagon House Watertown Wi... |
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