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Walworth Street

Date: 1900
Description: Buildings along Walworth Street. Caption reads: "Walworth Street, Elkhorn, Wis."
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The Bradley Knitting Company

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Description: Colored postcard of an illustration of a three-story industrial building on the other side of the street. There is an automobile driving by. Caption reads:...
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Business Street

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Description: Elevated view of a commercial street. Horses, wagons and buggies are parked at the curbs and moving down the street. Church steeples are in the far backgro...
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Walworth Avenue

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Description: View down wide median in a tree-lined residential neighborhood. The median is landscaped with flowers and bushes, and a lamppost. Automobiles are parked on...
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Lincoln Avenue, Assembly Park

Date: 1952
Description: Hand-colored photographic postcard of a house-lined street leading down to a lake. Flowers, bushes and trees are planted along the curb. Caption reads: "Li...
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South Shore, Delavan Lake

Date: 1951
Description: View across water towards boathouses and piers along the shoreline at Delavan Lake. There are sailboats in the lake. Caption reads: "South Shore, Delavan L...
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South Wisconsin Street

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Description: Street scene in a commercial district lined with shops and street lamps. Automobiles are parked at an angle to the curbs on both sides of the street. Capti...
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Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair

Date: 09 1914
Description: Elevated view of a small sample of "4000 cars" parked at the Great Fair. Caption reads: "Four Thousand Automobiles in 1914, The Great Fair, Elkhorn, Sept. ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1928
Description: View down center of Walworth Street with the Sprague Theater on the left. A hotel is on the lower right. Automobiles are parked all along the street. Capti...
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C. M. and St. Paul Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the depot with an empty platform. Caption reads: "C. M. and St. P. Depot, Elkhorn, Wis."
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Genoa Jct. at 9 A.M.

Date: 1908
Description: View down commercial street lined with buggies and wagons. A hardware store is on the left, and a harness shop is on the right. Caption reads: "Genoa Jct.,...
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Northwestern Military and Naval Academy

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Description: View across street towards a broad lawn, and a Neo-Classical building with columns at the entrances. An automobile is parked at the central entrance on the...
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Aeroplane View of Lake Geneva

Date: 1929
Description: Aerial view of Lake Geneva (town) next to Lake Geneva (lake). Caption reads: "Aeroplane View of Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Lakeview Inn, Lake Geneva

Date: 1920
Description: View across street toward a hotel and restaurant on a tree-lined street. Caption reads: "Lakeview Inn, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Grace Street

Date: 12 31 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Grace Street, Sharon, Wis." A tree-lined, unpaved street with homes on both sides. There are sidewalks and lawns in front of the home...
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H.J. Shaver & Son

Date: 12 30 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Store of H.J. Shaver & Son, Spring Prairie, Wis." A clapboard store with large front windows. A group is posing in front, with a man ...
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State Teachers College

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Text on reverse reads: "College Entrance, State Teachers College, Whitewater, Wis." Simplified illustration, based on a photograph, of "Old Main" on the Wh...
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Main Street

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin." The downtown area with buildings, storefronts and sidewalks along Main Street. Automobiles are o...
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Main Street

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin." The downtown area with buildings, storefronts and sidewalks. Signs read: "Wisconsin Gas and Elec...
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English Lutheran Church

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Text on front reads: "English Lutheran Church, Whitewater, Wis." A limestone church built in the Romanesque Revival style, surrounded by trees, lawns, side...

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