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Anti-Woman Suffrage Poster

Date: 1912
Description: Anti-woman suffrage poster that reads: "Danger! Women's Suffrage would double the irresponsible vote! It is a menace to the Home, Men's Employment and All ...
Photograph

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

Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
Photograph

Proxmire Campaigns for Reelection

Date: 02 1958
Description: Elected to the Senate in a special election in September 1957, to fill the unexpired term of Senator Joe McCarthy, William Proxmire was forced to begin a c...
Photograph

Empire Mill

Date: 1922
Description: View of Watertown near the Empire Mill, later known as the Globe.
Postcard

Watertown River View

Date: 1910
Description: View from bridge with industrial buildings on both sides. Caption reads: "River view from Main St. Bridge, Watertown, Wis."
Postcard

Van Camp Packing Co.

Date: 1912
Description: View of the Van Camp Packing Company. People, including a horse-drawn vehicle are on a driveway on a hill near the side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van...
Postcard

Second Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down Second Street. Houses are on both sides of the street. Caption reads: "Second Street, Watertown, Wis."
Postcard

St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1910
Description: View across road towards St. Mary's Hospital. Caption reads: "St. Mary's Hospital, Watertown, Wis."
Photograph

Schurz's First Kindergarten

Date: 1947
Description: Side view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. A hand-pump is in the background near a brick wall.
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Schurz's Kindergarten Monument

Date: 1947
Description: Front view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America.
Postcard

Sacred Heart College

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of Sacred Heart College. Caption reads: "Sacred Heart College, Watertown, Wis."
Postcard

Riverview Park

Date: 1920
Description: View of Riverview Park, with gazebo and slide in foreground. Caption reads: "Riverview Park, Watertown, Wis."
Photograph

Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the post office on the corner of 2nd and Madison.
Photograph

Octagon House

Date: 1950
Description: Interior view of the parlor of Richards' Octagon House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1950
Description: View of the spiral staircase inside Richards' Octagon House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: View of the Octagon House's spiral stairway.
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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: View of the spiral staircase inside the Octagon House.
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Octagon House

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House, built by John Richards, an early local lawyer.
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Octagon House Model

Date: 1948
Description: A model of the Richards' Octagon House, showing the original structure of the porches.

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