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Watertown Free Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Free Public Library, dedicated on June 14, 1907. The library was built, in part, with Andrew Carnegie funding.
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Berner's Ice Cream Parlor

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Description: View across road towards E.C. Berner's Ice Cream Parlor, where the first ice cream sundae is said to have been made in 1881. A woman is standing behind the...
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Main Street

Date: 1882
Description: View of Main Street business district. Horses and buggies are on the street. Some business signs read: "American and Norsk Store," "Furniture," "L....re & ...
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Kilbourn Avenue

Date: 1940
Description: Looking East down middle of avenue. Numerous vehicles are on the road, with a few pedestrians visible. A sign identifies the Republican Hotel on the left, ...
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German Market

Date: 1866
Description: Stereograph. This building, which was destroyed by fire in 1866, was located in the commercial district known as Market Square. The Square was actually a t...
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St. John's Cathedral

Date: 1874
Description: Stereograph. Jackson Street. Tower missing the top two levels of later images.
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Woodlawn Bay

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Description: Path on tree-lined shoreline with rowboats. A section of a porch is on the left, other dwellings and piers in the distance.
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Men with Wagon Outside Abbey Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: Man seated atop a horse-drawn wagon in the snow outside the "Abbey Hotel." Another man stands on the left near the wagon.
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"One-Mule Agriculture Method"

Date: 1914
Description: A group of farmers use mules to plow a field near a dirt road. A farm building and electrical or telephone poles are in the background.

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