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| Description: | View of a large, Victorian house that functioned as a hospital. Caption reads: "Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Colored postcard view of the country club. Women are on the porch, and men are in rocking chairs on the lawn. Caption reads: "Country Club, Janesville, Wis... |
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| Description: | Illustration of "Forest Home." Caption at top reads: "'Forest Home,' Beloved of Frances E. Willard (1846-1858)." Caption at bottom reads: "1 1/2 Miles from... |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the house. Caption reads: "Tallmen Homestead and Museum, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the high school, which has a turret and an arched entrance. Caption reads: "Janesville Public High School, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the buildings comprising the School for the Blind. Caption reads: "State School for the Blind, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View looking up at the Soldiers' Monument, a single column with a statue of a soldier on the top. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View up sidewalk toward the insane asylum. Turrets are on either side of the entrance, and wings with wards are on both sides. Caption reads: "Rock County ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the tuberculosis sanatorium. Caption reads: "Pinehurst Sanatorium, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across street towards a general merchandise store. Apartments are on the second and third floor. Pennants are hanging in the front window. Caption rea... |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of William Tallman's Italian Villa residence. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a Greek Revival House - one of the earliest permanent residences in Janesville. |
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| Description: | A corner of the Family Parlor with two chairs, a grandfather clock and a fireplace. Text on reverse reads: "Abraham Lincoln visited here in 1859. The ho... |
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| Description: | View of the formal dining room with the table set. |
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| Description: | View of Tallman House kitchen. There is a wood-burning stove in the fireplace. Fruit and nuts are arranged on the table. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Lincoln Bedroom at the Tallman House, with a marble fireplace, tall shuttered windows, and a bed at lower left. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the guest bedroom furnished as it would have been in the 19th Century. There is a desk in the corner, a mirror over the fireplace, and a q... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the reading room at the Public Library. Bookshelves are along the walls. Caption reads: "Interior of Public Library, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 01 12 1911 |
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| Description: | Text from front reads: "Gymnasium, Beloit College, Beloit, Wis." The brick Georgian Revival building was completed in 1903. It is now a student union. |
| Date: | 05 24 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Middle College Building, Beloit, Wis." A Greek Revival building built of brick, completed in 1847. From the Wisconsin Historical Soci... |
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