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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Two-Story Garage

Date: 1919
Description: Wood and shingle two car garage of E.M. Willoughby. A car can be seen through the open door.
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Driving in Delavan

Date: 1920
Description: View of a tree lined dirt road from the passenger seat of a Ford Model T, including hood ornament.
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Floyd Quinney Takes a Picture

Date: 1926
Description: Floyd Quinney focusing his Kodak Autographic on a suburban street.
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Bride Walking Down the Aisle

Date: 05 01 1976
Description: A bride walks down the aisle in the United Church of Christ/Congregational Church in Delavan. An usher stands to the right in the background. A painting of...
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From a Photograph Album

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Description: Portrait of a man wearing a suit, tie and boater hat standing in the middle of a cobbled road intersection looking down at a small folding camera he is hol...
Postcard

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:...
Postcard

Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Approach to the Grounds

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Description: Hand-colored view of the drive and front gate of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. The main building is obscured by trees. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Schoo...
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C. M. and St. Paul Depot

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Description: Hand-colored view across railroad tracks towards a train depot, with passengers gathered on the platform awaiting an arriving train. Horse-drawn wagons and...
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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...
Photograph

Fourth of July

Date: 07 2014
Description: View down sidewalk towards cars parked diagonally at the curb, with a row of storefronts on the left. Along the sidewalk are lampposts, each decorated with...
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Civil War Sign-Up Tree

Date: 1981
Description: A large, spreading bur oak is standing near the intersection of South Seventh and Washington Streets in front of a small restaurant. A van is parked in fro...
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Walworth Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: View looking west along Walworth Avenue, with commercial buildings along both sides. Cars are parked in the center of the street, and along the right curb....

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